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": 490508,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "3e0d3c5e05c7b962f463c6dcbb55003f",
            "title": "Knicks leave no doubt, blow out 76ers by 30 to sweep Philadelphia out of playoffs",
            "description": "The Knicks are back in the Eastern Conference Finals for the second consecutive year.",
            "content": "With opportunity knocking for some team to step up and show they were the team to beat in the East, the New York Knicks answered that door.\nThe Knicks slammed that door on Joel Embiid and the 76ers on Sunday before they could get their foot in the wa... [2670 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nbcsports.com/nba/news/knicks-leave-no-doubt-blow-out-76ers-by-30-to-sweep-philadelphia-out-of-playoffs",
            "image": "https://nbcsports.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/bf407ca/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5772x3247+0+0/resize/1440x810!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnbc-sports-production-nbc-sports.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F0d%2F76%2Fb0ea4c53497ca0807e9f279ca5a8%2Fhttps-api-imagn.com%2Frest%2Fdownload%2FimageID%3D28911096",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-11T06:15:36Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "dc8f73f077072c35626eba314ee483bd",
                "name": "NBC Sports",
                "url": "https://www.nbcsports.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "01df83e30c7d4c1ace66fe745bfc757f",
            "title": "Sabres are getting outworked and have lost their game",
            "description": "| WGR Sports Radio Buffalo",
            "content": "Montreal, Quebec (WGR 550) - Thanks to two very poor games, the Buffalo Sabres now trails their best of seven second round Stanley Cup Series two games to one. Before we dive into Game 3 which was not even close to the Sabres worst game I want to rem... [5038 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.audacy.com/wgr550/sports/sabres-news/sabres-are-getting-outworked-and-have-lost-their-game",
            "image": "https://www.audacy.com/media-library/buffalo-sabres-v-montreal-canadiens.jpg?id=66717055&width=1200&height=600&coordinates=0%2C85%2C0%2C86",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-11T05:34:23Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "825b31a674ede9b474d6bfb60c4a6904",
                "name": "Audacy",
                "url": "https://www.audacy.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "12eea766ad2142d0a45bac96c70a3a7e",
            "title": "Official race results: 2026 NASCAR Cup at Watkins Glen",
            "description": "Shane van Gisbergen earned his seventh career win, beating McDowell and Gibbs at the Glen",
            "content": "After 100 laps of NASCAR Cup racing at Watkins Glen, pole-sitter Shane van Gisbergen walked away with the checkered flag. He made up 29 seconds in 18 laps during the final stint, and ultimately won the race by 7.2 seconds over Michael McDowell.\nTy Gi... [667 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/official-race-results-2026-nascar-cup-at-watkins-glen/10819832/",
            "image": "https://cdn-3.motorsport.com/images/amp/0Ld5qXW0/s6/shane-van-gisbergen-no-97-trac.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-11T04:58:48Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "cc123e7554f2c698cb6a8a3c711bd28e",
                "name": "Motorsport.com",
                "url": "https://www.motorsport.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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