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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": 629228,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "ceec3b3fd3978044daf98534e4d8462b",
            "title": "Premier League: The decline of the open-play goal",
            "description": "Open-play goals have been on the decline this season and BBC Sport takes a closer look at the trend.",
            "content": "One of the biggest stories of the Premier League season so far is the decline of goals scored in open play and how teams have been scoring more from set-pieces instead.\nWhen we compare how goals have been scored to the first 11 games last season, the... [1725 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cm272n4d3e2o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/6038/live/a237b650-c549-11f0-88be-3bc2aea1a256.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-20T08:49:55Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "dc1ffd6554df9ae3f6fa2bb409f0fc79",
            "title": "‘Can’t stop watching the replays’: Scotland fans on World Cup qualification",
            "description": "Five who were at Hampden Park or watching from afar share their reactions to the end of a 28-year wait",
            "content": "Scotland have qualified for the men’s football World Cup for the first time in 28 years after beating Denmark 4-2 at Hampden Park. Five Scotland fans who were at the game or watching from afar share their reactions to the result.\n‘My shed had cowped ... [7097 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/nov/20/scotland-football-team-fans-world-cup-qualification-2026",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/028114396d36b23c7b021ee269205b2fde200a2a/309_0_4328_3464/master/4328.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=8a439bac4061615fe8eafc14b7ef967d",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-20T08:29:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "1f8b87535ec0146f41cb25de65c187f6",
            "title": "Radek Vitek: Manchester United keeper says his 'goal' is to stay with Bristol City all season",
            "description": "On-loan Manchester United goalkeeper Radek Vitek says he wants to stay at Bristol City on loan for the rest of the season.",
            "content": "On-loan Manchester United goalkeeper Radek Vitek says he wants to play as many games as he can at Bristol City and aims to stay the rest of the season.\nVitek joined the Robins from the Premier League side during the summer on a deal for the whole sea... [1780 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c2lplnkjqqeo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/8fb4/live/e8a974f0-c55f-11f0-88c6-23e769b55dc3.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-20T08:08:34Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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