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": 487344,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "bb6172ecdf998f49c715399616960f4f",
            "title": "Max Fried lands on injured list with left elbow bone bruise",
            "description": "NEW YORK – The Yankees’ dream pairing of Max Fried and Gerrit Cole atop the rotation never materialized during their first season as teammates. That anticipated one-two punch appears to be delayed this year, too.\nFried was placed on the 15-day injured list on Friday with a left elbow bone",
            "content": "NEW YORK – The Yankees’ dream pairing of Max Fried and Gerrit Cole atop the rotation never materialized during their first season as teammates. That anticipated one-two punch appears to be delayed this year, too.\nFried was placed on the 15-day injure... [3088 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.mlb.com/news/max-fried-injured-list-left-elbow-bone-bruise",
            "image": "https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-images/image/upload/t_2x1/t_w1536/mlb/epmmdi0cxw3oncmfwpug.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-16T05:37:57Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6aaa550e52f9c04eb9adec9f8430499b",
                "name": "MLB.com",
                "url": "https://www.mlb.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "89c5aec03a6bca254dd190caa1ca85a5",
            "title": "Dodgers' Blake Snell returns to IL with loose bodies in his left elbow",
            "description": "Dodgers left-hander Blake Snell was scratched from his start Friday against the Angels, less than a week after returning from the injured list and a rehab assignment.",
            "content": "Less than a week after making his season debut, Dodgers pitcher Blake Snell was put on the 15-day injured list Friday because of loose bodies in his left elbow.\nThe Dodgers scratched him from what would have been his second start of the season Friday... [3778 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/story/2026-05-15/dodgers-blake-snell-scratched-from-start-vs-angels",
            "image": "https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/9aa6098/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4515x2370+0+270/resize/1200x630!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F9c%2F6c%2F2dc3e77b4764a80b6fc21fac7f58%2F1553771-sp-mlb-dodgers-braves-40-gmf.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-16T04:37:12Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6c4fa75a787f2ec713503abb3f822104",
                "name": "Los Angeles Times",
                "url": "https://www.latimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "2f3c97115c997558884e95a849f52d92",
            "title": "No se vio en TV: Furia olimpista, tiktokers en la cancha y el pedido a Bengtson",
            "description": "Los olimpistas no lo podía creer como se les anulaban tres goles, mientras que Bengtson celebró el gol sin saber que no contaba. ¿Qué hacían los Tiktokers en la cancha?",
            "content": "Los jugadores del Olimpia no lo creían, algunos hasta se le lanzaron al árbitro tras las revisiones del FVS-VAR en las tres acciones de gol que fueron anuladas. Los Tiktokers volvieron y aficionados hicieron pedido a Bengtson. ¿Quién era el que entró... [2738 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.diez.hn/fotogalerias/futbol-nacional/no-se-vio-en-tv-furia-olimpista-tiktokers-en-la-cancha-y-el-pedido-a-bengtson-CC30677234",
            "image": "https://www.diez.hn/binrepository/1201x901/0c22/1200d630/none/3014757/NXIJ/vidrio_14410538_20260515223335.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-16T04:34:00Z",
            "lang": "es",
            "source": {
                "id": "62687b88e66412a58e4dbdec538ec187",
                "name": "DIEZ.HN",
                "url": "https://www.diez.hn"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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