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New Zealand Sports News API
Get the live top sports headlines from New Zealand with our JSON API.
Get API key for the New Zealand Sports News APIAPI Demonstration
This example demonstrates the HTTP request to make and the JSON response you will receive when you use the news api to get the top headlines from New Zealand.
GET
https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?country=nz&category=sports&apikey=API_KEY
{
"totalArticles": 17626,
"articles": [
{
"id": "38cca1db0b7987945a4f94a749effd70",
"title": "One-legged Carlos Ulberg wins UFC heavyweight title by miracle knockout",
"description": "The Kiwi mixed martial arts exponent knocked out Jiří Procházka in the first round at Miami.",
"content": "King Carlos has his crown.\nKiwi Carlos Ulberg is the new UFC light-heavyweight champion, after knocking out Jiří Procházka in round one, while on one leg.\nUlberg blew out his knee, after stepping back and landing awkwardly, and was clearly compromise... [651 chars]",
"url": "https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/592140/one-legged-carlos-ulberg-wins-ufc-heavyweight-title-by-miracle-knockout",
"image": "https://media.rnztools.nz/rnz/image/upload/s--HxQ429Vw--/t_tohu-badge-facebook/v1775967811/4JQBDPY_GettyImages_2270933161_jpg?_a=BACCd2AD",
"publishedAt": "2026-04-12T04:26:16Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "79971a6b38016604095f88394b17172a",
"name": "RNZ",
"url": "https://www.rnz.co.nz"
}
},
{
"id": "769907c67113b35021b20cdbef6a1ef6",
"title": "Drua coach says some refereeing decisions were mind boggling",
"description": "Drua coach says some refereeing decisions were mind boggling",
"content": "Officiating is a hard job but some decisions made out there were just mind boggling.\nSwire Shipping Fijian Drua Coach, Glen Jackson highlighted this after fijivillage Sports asked about how quick Etonia Waqa was shown a yellow card in the 8th minute.... [844 chars]",
"url": "https://www.fijivillage.com/news/drua-coach-says-some-refereeing-decisions-were-mind-boggling-6e2be2/",
"image": "https://www.fijivillage.com/news_images/20260412132900_media_69dac7b1a6dd44_64910311.jpg",
"publishedAt": "2026-04-12T04:06:54Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "d09bd724492d6dd007b475108c306a91",
"name": "Fijivillage",
"url": "https://www.fijivillage.com"
}
},
{
"id": "d812dc4fef23317da79bf7f39c1e60de",
"title": "LIVE: ‘Insane’ bout coined ‘craziest heavyweight fight of all time’ as UFC world stunned",
"description": "LIVE: ‘Insane’ bout coined ‘craziest heavyweight fight of all time’ as UFC world stunned",
"content": "That was simply “insane”.\nAmerican duo Josh Hokit and Curtis Blaydes have gone the distance in a bout billed the “craziest heavyweight fight of all time”.\nHokit had his hand raised at the end of the three rounds, but both fighters can be considered a... [8402 chars]",
"url": "https://www.foxsports.com.au/ufc/ufc-327-jiri-prochazka-vs-carlos-ulberg-live-updates-results-stream-start-time-full-fight-card-how-to-watch/news-story/bd6099e121fa0ef15bef9804686b8c5c",
"image": "https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/8a33c9fb93344eef32ad8046a6903e67",
"publishedAt": "2026-04-12T02:59:34Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "4dff6eec49aed8ad858c020da892bcf1",
"name": "Fox Sports",
"url": "https://www.foxsports.com.au"
}
}
]
}