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United Kingdom Sports News API

Get the live top sports headlines from United Kingdom with our JSON API.

Get API key for the United Kingdom Sports News API

API 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 United Kingdom.

GET
https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?country=gb&category=sports&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 587928,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "34c65f8a95580fa057e57362add572cd",
            "title": "Crystal Palace decide not to sack manager Oliver Glasner after meeting",
            "description": "Crystal Palace have decided against sacking Oliver Glasner despite him accusing the club’s board of abandoning him",
            "content": "Crystal Palace have decided against sacking Oliver Glasner despite him accusing the club’s board of abandoning him and the rest of his squad by selling captain Marc Guéhi to Manchester City 24 hours before they were due to face Sunderland.\nGlasner’s ... [3715 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jan/18/crystal-palace-oliver-glasner-outburst-board",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/060bd416e048275ff16e40114f1048a6340d05dc/0_586_6098_4878/master/6098.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&precrop=40:21,offset-x50,offset-y0&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=0c6b8081d762b2f9a857aef58afbf2d2",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-18T11:39:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "5971425491b1f4e9ec5104e1c66dfd3f",
            "title": "Transfer news LIVE! Arsenal launch new bid; Chelsea push to seal Jacquet deal; Man Utd, Liverpool latest",
            "description": "Big deals in the pipeline ahead of February 2 deadline",
            "content": "Big deals in the pipeline ahead of February 2 deadline\nTransfer latest: Jeremy Jacquet, Marc Guehi and Ayyoub Bouaddi\nStandard Sport\nGeorge Flood\n31 minutes ago\nTransfer news LIVE!\nArsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United and Liverpool are among the clubs... [7673 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news-live-arsenal-fc-chelsea-man-utd-liverpool-bouaddi-jacquet-kostov-b1264173.html",
            "image": "https://static.standard.co.uk/2026/01/18/9/48/Jeremy-Jacquet-Marc-Guehi-Ayyoub-Bouaddi.jpeg?width=1200&auto=webp&quality=75",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-18T09:56:11Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "99b3c5a558a3e649a1397aa932026c34",
                "name": "London Evening Standard",
                "url": "https://www.standard.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "fbcb765a9de7f3ac3b900307b2d62861",
            "title": "Plymouth Argyle player ratings as improving Pilgrims impress at Peterborough",
            "description": "There were excellent individual performances all over the pitch as Argyle secured a sixth win out of their last seven away games in all competitions",
            "content": "There were excellent individual performances all over the pitch as Argyle secured a sixth win out of their last seven away games in all competitions\nHere are the player ratings of Plymouth Live's Argyle reporter Chris Errington from the Pilgrims' 1-0... [5052 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/sport/football/plymouth-argyle-player-ratings-peterborough-10759162",
            "image": "https://i2-prod.plymouthherald.co.uk/article10762599.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200/0_170126-ralls.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-18T09:07:34Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "37831f70ad36432cc821d9de321595e2",
                "name": "Plymouth Live",
                "url": "https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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