United States Sports News API

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

Get API key for the United States 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 States.

GET
https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?country=us&category=sports&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 495504,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "06cd1206d35fbf22dfa6242ed1800297",
            "title": "Sources: Napheesa Collier stays with Lynx on $1.4M supermax deal",
            "description": "Napheesa Collier has signed a one-year, $1.4 million supermax contract to return to Minnesota, sources said.",
            "content": "Napheesa Collier has signed a one-year, $1.4 million supermax contract to return to the Minnesota Lynx, sources told ESPN.\nThe team announced the signing Thursday night but did not disclose terms of the deal.\n\"Phee has been such an integral part of t... [2130 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/48508706/sources-napheesa-collier-stays-lynx-14m-supermax-deal",
            "image": "https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2026%2F0331%2Fr1636745_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-17T02:15:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0207e330d5d787ce8251900411dd488d",
                "name": "ESPN",
                "url": "https://www.espn.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "6a3d0770e1636225dc75504070dc44b7",
            "title": "Mark Canha Released From Rangers Deal",
            "description": "A veteran is looking to get back to the open market.",
            "content": "9:41pm: Canha has now been granted his release, per Grant.\n8:45pm: Veteran first baseman/outfielder Mark Canha has asked to be released from his minor league deal with the Rangers, reports Jon Heyman of The New York Post. Canha is hoping to pursue bi... [2631 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2026/04/mark-canha-requests-release-from-rangers-deal.html",
            "image": "https://cdn.mlbtraderumors.com/files/2026/04/Mark_Canha_Rangers-1024x679.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-17T01:45:13Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "95e9972ed9d1a75fccc1269425e6b80e",
                "name": "MLB Trade Rumors",
                "url": "https://www.mlbtraderumors.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b58dd47199db29dfe3736c095951018e",
            "title": "Jury awards $11.8 million to celebrating Dodgers fan blinded by LAPD",
            "description": "Isaac Castellanos sued the LAPD, alleging officers used excessive force and violated department policies when he was shot in the face with a less-lethal projectile.",
            "content": "A federal jury has awarded $11.8 million to a Los Angeles Dodgers fan who was blinded by a police projectile during a World Series celebration downtown in 2020.\nThe verdict reached Thursday closed what has been a nearly six-year legal battle by Isaac... [3120 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-04-16/jury-verdict-dodgers-fan-less-lethal-projectile",
            "image": "https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/9e2c560/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3823x2007+0+271/resize/1200x630!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ff1%2F41%2F3cccdb534c7ebee1bfb459c1e8f1%2Fla-photos-1staff-640485-la-me-dodgers-react-jja-027.JPG",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-17T01:21:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6c4fa75a787f2ec713503abb3f822104",
                "name": "Los Angeles Times",
                "url": "https://www.latimes.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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