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": 484410,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "fefda8111da8aca654b56aa5bfd4b655",
            "title": "World Cup lineup gamble doesn't pay off in U.S. loss to Turkey",
            "description": "With a knockout-round berth already secure, U.S. coach Mauricio Pochettino overhauls his lineup, but the changes didn't work in a 3-2 loss to Turkey.",
            "content": "Mauricio Pochettino has made the unconventional conventional since taking over as coach of the national team 18 months ago. He’s experimented with formations and tactics, shaken up his roster and motivated players by demanding to know why they can’t ... [4781 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.latimes.com/sports/soccer/story/2026-06-25/us-turkey-final-result-fifa-world-cup",
            "image": "https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/c9b0510/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4220x2216+0+0/resize/1200x630!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F96%2F54%2F8ae3cf934fa29102fb0c11125405%2F1560090-sp-world-cup-group-stage-usa-turkiye-rcg-3999.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-26T07:17:01Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6c4fa75a787f2ec713503abb3f822104",
                "name": "Los Angeles Times",
                "url": "https://www.latimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "9e850f052811e3a3899976032f9ce1bc",
            "title": "World Cup 2026: USMNT stunned by Türkiye in stoppage time, losing perfect group stage run",
            "description": "The United States' perfect group stage came to a heartbreaking end Thursday night.",
            "content": "INGLEWOOD, Calif. — The U.S. had won its first two World Cup matches in grand fashion, clinched first place in the group in unprecedented manner and sent an intoxicating buzz across a country that yearned for decades for such a breakthrough summer.\nE... [6547 chars]",
            "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/soccer/live/world-cup-2026-usmnt-stunned-by-turkiye-in-stoppage-time-losing-perfect-group-stage-run-003000670.html",
            "image": "https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/C3l.pnSzT3EuREaLRunumw--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyMDA7aD04MDA7Y2Y9d2VicA--/https://d29szjachogqwa.cloudfront.net/images/2026-06/54bcc73d-a6b6-40ef-be39-dc09fc224bce",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-26T05:01:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "1213ab3f5e360256b89d3b205e3e8e48",
                "name": "Yahoo Sports",
                "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "67dab422c4cb8f1ff18e0c34d6d4ba6e",
            "title": "Paraguay and Australia play out goalless draw that should see both sides progress to knockouts",
            "description": "Analysis of the Group D game between Paraguay and Australia from Santa Clara",
            "content": "It won’t be remembered as a classic by anyone who watched it, but both Australia and Paraguay can be satisfied after they drew 0-0 in Santa Clara.\nHeading into the game, both sides knew a draw would be a decent result in terms of progression, and muc... [5975 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7382708/2026/06/26/paraguay-australia-world-cup-takeaways/",
            "image": "https://static01.nyt.com/athletic/uploads/wp/2026/06/25232011/GettyImages-2283358532-scaled.jpg?width=1200&height=630&fit=cover",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-26T04:18:30Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "2f580dc49292a1caf59cd86dd3c9e60b",
                "name": "The New York Times",
                "url": "https://www.nytimes.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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