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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": 461576,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "1e154c7ae6f2dd3aee0fdefca8e6f8ce",
            "title": "Sources: Tyler Soderstrom agrees to 7",
            "description": "Left fielder Tyler Soderstrom and the A's are in agreement on a seven-year, $86 million contract with a club option for an eighth season and escalators that can max out at $131 million, sources told ESPN.",
            "content": "Left fielder Tyler Soderstrom and the A's are in agreement on a seven-year, $86 million contract with a club option for an eighth season and escalators that can max out at $131 million, sources told ESPN, giving the largest contract in franchise hist... [2944 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/47412701/sources-tyler-soderstrom-agrees-7-year-86m-deal-as",
            "image": "https://a3.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0409%2Fr1476139_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-25T21:10:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0207e330d5d787ce8251900411dd488d",
                "name": "ESPN",
                "url": "https://www.espn.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "ae593a9acecdae9d86765c9618d5990e",
            "title": "Commanders vs. Cowboys live updates: Score, highlights, key moments for Christmas game",
            "description": "Two NFC East rivals kick off Week 17 and Christmas Day action",
            "content": "Updating Live\n(23)\nSee New Posts\nPinned\nLink copied\nJacory \"Bill\" Croskey-Merritt explodes for 72-yard rush TD\nCroskey-Merritt took an inside handoff to the right, and he turned on the jets, sprinting away for a 72-yard touchdown. Washington is now d... [9595 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/commanders-vs-cowboys-live-updates-score-highlights-key-moments-christmas/live/",
            "image": "https://sportshub.cbsistatic.com/i/r/2025/12/25/6187eb6f-7642-4369-bbac-45cd0ecfc957/thumbnail/1200x675/dead028e01cb5af98e6c8dadfce2d88d/dakchristmas.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-25T19:12:18Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "416e66c8ea979965c0cee3b0ed1f714b",
                "name": "CBS Sports",
                "url": "https://www.cbssports.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a8991dca5eac0121c051847498fb329c",
            "title": "Basketball player gets four years of college eligibility, despite being drafted by NBA in 2023",
            "description": "After quarterback Shedeur Sanders slipped through the first three rounds of the 2025 NFL draft, we raised the question of whether he should try to return to Colorado (or another college program) for one more season.",
            "content": "After quarterback Shedeur Sanders slipped through the first three rounds of the 2025 NFL draft, we raised the question of whether he should try to return to Colorado (or another college program) for one more season. Many scoffed at the possibility, b... [1548 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/basketball-player-gets-four-years-of-college-eligibility-despite-being-drafted-by-nba-in-2023",
            "image": "https://nbcsports.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/1446746/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4863x2735+0+0/resize/1440x810!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnbc-sports-production-nbc-sports.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F39%2F8c%2F189a69fe4051bcad409b29d15cd4%2Fhttps-delivery-gettyimages.com%2Fdownloads%2F1544438170",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-25T18:40:56Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "dc8f73f077072c35626eba314ee483bd",
                "name": "NBC Sports",
                "url": "https://www.nbcsports.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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