
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 APIAPI 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": 5940898, "articles": [ { "id": "99ae29ffafc6fc24469b032a025ceaa3", "title": "Balanced USC kicks off Big Ten play with road win over Purdue", "description": "USC forced three turnovers and unleashed a potent run game, rolling to a 33-17 win over Purdue in West Lafayette, Ind., Saturday.", "content": "USC 33, Purdue 17, end of fourth quarter\nPurdue started on its 25.\nRyan Browne was sacked for a loss of seven yards. Browne ran out of bounds and then tossed a pass into the ground with pressure closing in on him.\nPurdue punted from its end zone and ... [13945 chars]", "url": "https://www.latimes.com/sports/usc/live/usc-football-purdue-live-updates-watch-start-time-highlights", "image": "https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/a6cd170/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5632x2957+0+0/resize/1200x630!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F4a%2F78%2Fbe08fe24487c93c32d737ff39055%2Fusc-purdue-football-06261.jpg", "publishedAt": "2025-09-14T02:03:14Z", "lang": "en", "source": { "id": "6c4fa75a787f2ec713503abb3f822104", "name": "Los Angeles Times", "url": "https://www.latimes.com", "country": "us" } }, { "id": "04e8a1c3d33d8831cd3cd871696a036f", "title": "Canelo Alvarez vs. Terence Crawford fight live updates: Scorecard, results, start time tonight, full card", "description": "The legendary fighters battle it out for undisputed gold in Las Vegas", "content": "Updating Live\n(29)\nSee New Posts\nPinned\nLink copied\nA huge chorus of boos breaks out from inside Allegiant Stadium as Terence Crawford is shown on the big screen walking to his locker room. This will be a pro-Canelo house, without question.\nPinned\nLi... [8680 chars]", "url": "https://www.cbssports.com/boxing/news/canelo-alvarez-terence-crawford-fight-live-updates-scorecard-results/live/", "image": "https://sportshub.cbsistatic.com/i/r/2025/09/13/aaf1d905-3924-4a85-93bb-563b921626b5/thumbnail/1200x675/03fcae7c510209572065d3dd4a93dd00/canelo-crawford-weighins.jpg", "publishedAt": "2025-09-14T01:45:06Z", "lang": "en", "source": { "id": "416e66c8ea979965c0cee3b0ed1f714b", "name": "CBS Sports", "url": "https://www.cbssports.com", "country": "us" } }, { "id": "153ec25e8bab9085bae4a6a7d804f50a", "title": "Tyreek Hill wasn't thrilled with question about going one year without a 30-yard catch", "description": "For reasons not apparent, the Dolphins didn't post a transcript of receiver Tyreek Hill's Friday press conference.", "content": "For reasons not apparent, the Dolphins didn’t post a transcript of receiver Tyreek Hill’s Friday press conference. There’s one apparent for the reason to pass on typing it up.\nAsked by Omar Kelly of the Miami Herald about the fact that Hill hasn’t ca... [852 chars]", "url": "https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/tyreek-hill-wasnt-thrilled-with-question-about-going-one-year-without-a-30-yard-catch", "image": "https://nbcsports.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/d93e235/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4087x2299+0+0/resize/1440x810!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnbc-sports-production-nbc-sports.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F76%2F27%2Ffb26ecf64ac9ac8271392b2fc3ff%2Fhttps-delivery-gettyimages.com%2Fdownloads%2F2234074043", "publishedAt": "2025-09-14T01:40:04Z", "lang": "en", "source": { "id": "dc8f73f077072c35626eba314ee483bd", "name": "NBC Sports", "url": "https://www.nbcsports.com", "country": "us" } } ] }