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South Africa Sports News API
Get the live top sports headlines from South Africa with our JSON API.
Get API key for the South Africa 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 South Africa.
GET
https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?country=za&category=sports&apikey=API_KEY
{
"totalArticles": 26166,
"articles": [
{
"id": "4da86b4dfe97dc69661e4f54bfc1ab5b",
"title": "Back row 'chopped legs like firewood' in desperate comeback effort while Lions star's 'shortcomings' prove costly",
"description": "Three-time Champions Cup winners, Toulon, have beaten the number two seed, Glasgow Warriors, in a tight match to progress to the semi-finals.",
"content": "Three-time Champions Cup winners, Toulon, have beaten the number two seed, Glasgow Warriors, in a tight match at Scotstoun on Saturday to progress to the semi-finals.\nHere are our Glasgow Warriors player ratings.\nBacks\n15 Josh McKay: His first and la... [4406 chars]",
"url": "https://www.planetrugby.com/news/glasgow-warriors-player-ratings-back-row-chopped-legs-like-firewood-in-desperate-comeback-effort-while-lions-stars-shortcomings-prove-costly",
"image": "https://d3gbf3ykm8gp5c.cloudfront.net/content/uploads/2026/04/11173243/htgerwefqwd.jpg",
"publishedAt": "2026-04-11T20:37:30Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "8d2907da394950f69035a4520074dae5",
"name": "Planet Rugby",
"url": "https://www.planetrugby.com"
}
},
{
"id": "f6397b07bcc9e54100e2743b26f2cbf2",
"title": "‘We wanted to rest Lamine Yamal’ - Hansi Flick talks Barcelona teenager and Gerard Martin injury after Espanyol win",
"description": "The teenager played the whole game again.",
"content": "Barcelona boss Hansi Flick admitted that he had been hoping to rest Lamine Yamal during Saturday’s La Liga clash with Espanyol.\nYamal started the game again at Camp Nou, despite pre-match talk that he’d suffered a niggle in training before the game, ... [780 chars]",
"url": "https://www.barcablaugranes.com/barcelona-la-liga/117465/we-wanted-to-rest-lamine-yamal-hansi-flick-talks-barcelona-teenager-and-gerard-martin-injury-after-espanyol-win",
"image": "https://platform.barcablaugranes.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2026/04/gettyimages-2270875002.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C10.732984293194%2C100%2C78.534031413613&w=1200",
"publishedAt": "2026-04-11T19:20:00Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "da921ab42218b0440227ae6505101aa7",
"name": "Barca Blaugranes",
"url": "https://www.barcablaugranes.com"
}
},
{
"id": "93b4f1c8ef5b02948df4f6e467f68667",
"title": "Rio Ngumoha and Andy Robertson react to Fulham win",
"description": "Rio Ngumoha and Andy Robertson revelled in the satisfaction of Liverpool's 2-0 Premier League win over Fulham on Saturday.",
"content": "At the age of 17 years and 225 days, Ngumoha became the club's youngest Premier League scorer at Anfield when he broke the deadlock in the 36th minute.\nMohamed Salah added the second goal a few moments later as victory was secured on Robertson's firs... [2168 chars]",
"url": "https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/positive-day-rio-ngumoha-and-andy-robertson-react-fulham-win",
"image": "https://backend.liverpoolfc.com/sites/default/files/styles/lg/public/2026-04/ngumoha-robertson-liverpool-fc-110426_e2c98b75c7893c7f8d425fc015792044.jpg?itok=qMQFh-XC",
"publishedAt": "2026-04-11T19:19:24Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "38ba0ea554de0f52a7742bce11593db5",
"name": "Liverpool FC",
"url": "https://www.liverpoolfc.com"
}
}
]
}