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United States Sports News API

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

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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": 483864,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "ba963951a23b3ef0632bf152b8868508",
            "title": "Lindsey Vonn crashes in final downhill before Winter Olympics",
            "description": "Skiing great Lindsey Vonn crashed in her final downhill before the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.",
            "content": "Crans-Montana, Switzerland — Lindsey Vonn crashed in her final downhill before the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics on Friday and was left limping and keeping weight off her left knee.\nVonn lost control when landing a jump in a World Cup race and ended ... [2823 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lindsey-vonn-crash-final-downhill-before-winter-olympics/",
            "image": "https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2026/01/30/c09c3b30-fe70-4d9d-9a05-67f2a796d7bd/thumbnail/1200x630/079afda222da2f8d12d7b62029f2ff19/gettyimages-2258414706.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-30T10:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f2f2ed82d991515dcc85d86a1374a9ae",
                "name": "CBS News",
                "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "1187e764415cdda4b1ba63cf13afe45b",
            "title": "Lindsey Vonn left limping after crash in final downhill race before Milan Cortina Olympics",
            "description": "Lindsey Vonn crashed in her final downhill before the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics on Friday and was left limping and applying attention to her left knee.",
            "content": "CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) — Lindsey Vonn crashed in her final downhill before the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics on Friday and was left limping and keeping weight off her left knee — a troublesome development in the 41-year-old’s spectacular ski... [3090 chars]",
            "url": "https://apnews.com/article/lindsey-vonn-crash-downhill-olympics-36264674d842aacaf63c908a254e3769",
            "image": "https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/d898154/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4824x3214+0+1/resize/980x653!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F44%2F48%2F72080053d2f088d7238185a13f71%2Fdcdedd23c8054ee4841c41b754b0029f",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-30T09:56:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b356d47a35dfffa723fc8131b36c3ed1",
                "name": "AP News",
                "url": "https://apnews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f48fa121b7e14789099582d0924b1171",
            "title": "Carlos Alcaraz reaches first Australian Open final after escaping Alexander Zverev in seesaw match",
            "description": "Alcaraz led 2-0, 4-4 when he appeared to hurt his upper-right leg stretching for a volley. He still came back to win an epic.",
            "content": "MELBOURNE, Australia — In one of the most extraordinary escapes in tennis history, Carlos Alcaraz overcame sickness and major physical difficulties to defeat Alexander Zverev in five sets and reach his first Australian Open final.\nHaving led by two s... [5854 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7008361/2026/01/30/carlos-alcaraz-alexander-zverev-australian-open-result-analysis/",
            "image": "https://static01.nyt.com/athletic/uploads/wp/2026/01/30025124/Carlos-Alcaraz-Australian-Open-Alexander-Zverev-Final-scaled.jpg?width=1200&height=630&fit=cover",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-30T09:44:50Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "2f580dc49292a1caf59cd86dd3c9e60b",
                "name": "The New York Times",
                "url": "https://www.nytimes.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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