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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": 449162,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "ca5fe068cf4ee28a5b73e1647e0702ef",
            "title": "Skull Session: Taylor Lewan Apologizes to Ryan Day Following Ohio State’s Win Over Michigan; the Buckeyes Rank No. 1 in SP+, No. 1 in FPI and No. 4 in Stop Rate",
            "description": "Taylor Lewan apologizes to Ryan Day following Ohio State's win over Michigan, and the Buckeyes rank No. 1 in SP+, No. 1 in FPI and No. 4 in stop rate.",
            "content": "I have an inkling about who will win the Broyles Award this year.\nHave a good Wednesday.\nTHE COMPUTERS! Wednesdays are about The Computers! and the Stop Rate. That's how it's been all season. That's how it will be all postseason. The routine is the r... [10156 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.elevenwarriors.com/skull-sessions/2025/12/160087/skull-session-taylor-lewan-apologizes-ryan-day-ohio-state-beat-michigan-fpi-sp-stop-rate",
            "image": "https://www.elevenwarriors.com/sites/default/files/styles/904x490/public/c/2025/12/160087_h.jpg?itok=UAJNcLOx",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-03T10:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4add3d97285974db2dd6951b9045734b",
                "name": "Eleven Warriors",
                "url": "https://www.elevenwarriors.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8efcd66d6a216c1ad150159976c6ffdd",
            "title": "BYU football's Kalani Sitake stayed because of his faith",
            "description": "BYU football coach Kalani Sitake shares the inside story of why he chose BYU over Penn State: It was mission and service over money.",
            "content": "Kalani Sitake assembled an all-star cast of advisers while Penn State furiously tried to lure him from BYU to the Big Ten.\nThe team included Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid and Hall of Fame quarterback Steve Young, who did the impossible: earn him... [11183 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.deseret.com/sports/2025/12/02/byu-football-kalani-sitake-why-coach-chose-byu-over-penn-state/",
            "image": "https://www.deseret.com/resizer/v2/WVMWM2UPSNCF5JTUJKM3UI3WFQ.JPG?focal=0%2C0&auth=11d035037fc37fb9e2a347fbfb75b57ac75d311539d63e40aef00521ef728c4c&width=630",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-03T06:05:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "2bde5457fc5efcf659e4e07f8842f6f7",
                "name": "Deseret News",
                "url": "https://www.deseret.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "54f4cfb1e3f43974e0bba629d13c54f0",
            "title": "Ole Miss players accuse Lane Kiffin of lying in his farewell statement",
            "description": "Several Rebels players said Kiffin's statement that his players asked him to coach them in the College Football Playoff was false.",
            "content": "Lane Kiffin left Ole Miss amid heavy criticism from the Rebels fan base and much of the college football world. Now, his former players are calling him out for allegedly lying in his farewell statement.\nTwo Ole Miss players have disputed Kiffin’s cla... [3220 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6857311/2025/12/03/ole-miss-players-accuse-lane-kiffin-lying/",
            "image": "https://static01.nyt.com/athletic/uploads/wp/2025/11/28132144/USATSI_27692954_168393355_lowres.jpg?width=1200&height=630&fit=cover",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-03T05:15:22Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "2f580dc49292a1caf59cd86dd3c9e60b",
                "name": "The New York Times",
                "url": "https://www.nytimes.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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