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": 584812,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "8a3cca88896c01c5bbdf269f0dd74b88",
            "title": "Dallas Stars announce Letter of intent for proposed Plano arena and entertainment district",
            "description": "The organization has signed a non-binding Letter of Intent for a potential new arena in Plano as part of a proposed sports and entertainment district at The Shops at Willow Bend",
            "content": "The Dallas Stars announced today a major step towards a potential new arena in Plano as part of a proposed sports and entertainment district at The Shops at Willow Bend. The organization has signed a non-binding Letter of Intent (LOI), which has been... [1526 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nhl.com/stars/news/dallas-stars-announce-letter-of-intent-for-proposed-plano-arena-and-entertainment-district-060226",
            "image": "https://media.d3.nhle.com/image/private/t_ratio16_9-size50/prd/dfykj5igo6tmszcpbib9.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-02T22:05:25Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8c7d2a077d28a24e16f925a9ca740291",
                "name": "NHL.com",
                "url": "https://www.nhl.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "5c95f10a5bc7cc75a21fe1c89dbaedd0",
            "title": "Astros Activate Josh Hader",
            "description": "The Astros are expected to activate star closer Josh Hader from the injured list tomorrow. Head to MLB Trade Rumors to read more.",
            "content": "2:25pm: The Astros have now officially announced Hader’s reinstatement. Correa was indeed moved to the 60-day IL to open a 40-man spot. They also placed infielder Braden Shewmake on the 10-day IL, retroactive to May 31st, with a right adductor strain... [4034 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2026/06/astros-activate-josh-hader-injured-list.html",
            "image": "https://cdn.mlbtraderumors.com/files/2026/02/josh-hader-astros-1024x683.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-02T21:07:23Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "95e9972ed9d1a75fccc1269425e6b80e",
                "name": "MLB Trade Rumors",
                "url": "https://www.mlbtraderumors.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "4203992719aaccc88c67abbc94c286c3",
            "title": "A.J. Brown chose No. 1 jersey despite Julian Edelman giving his blessing to wear No. 11",
            "description": "New Patriots wide receiver A.J.",
            "content": "New Patriots wide receiver A.J. Brown has worn the No. 11 jersey throughout his NFL career, but in New England, he thinks of that jersey as Julian Edelman’s, and he won’t wear it with the Patriots.\nBrown said today that he and Edelman touched base an... [816 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/a-j-brown-chose-no-1-jersey-despite-julian-edelman-giving-his-blessing-to-wear-no-11",
            "image": "https://nbcsports.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/b611db0/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3600x2025+0+203/resize/1440x810!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnbc-sports-production-nbc-sports.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F26%2F56%2F7d91c99149c1a99aa9c2080aba42%2Fhttps-delivery-gettyimages.com%2Fdownloads%2F2093337481",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-02T21:00:21Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "dc8f73f077072c35626eba314ee483bd",
                "name": "NBC Sports",
                "url": "https://www.nbcsports.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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