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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": 5689014,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "f6996f8ac787a10608f241d2959ba6d4",
            "title": "Ranking the winners, losers and snoozers of the 2025 MLB trade deadline",
            "description": "The Padres ruled the deadline, the Yankees, Mets and Phillies built ever-greater bullpens, and the Cardinals, Dodgers and Reds underwhelmed.",
            "content": "By Grant Brisbee, Stephen J. Nesbitt and Andy McCullough\nEver binged a show you found boring at first? Then you got hooked and started spending time tumbling down internet rabbit holes and debating plot theories on Reddit. It wasn’t until the final c... [22086 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6528840/2025/07/31/mlb-trade-deadline-takeaways-2025-winners-losers-snoozers/",
            "image": "https://static01.nyt.com/athletic/uploads/wp/2025/07/31194812/GettyImages-2212319827-scaled.jpg?width=1200&height=630&fit=cover",
            "publishedAt": "2025-08-01T05:19:00Z",
            "source": {
                "id": "2f580dc49292a1caf59cd86dd3c9e60b",
                "name": "The New York Times",
                "url": "https://www.nytimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "2c1f88371388418dc9501ed88dee5a58",
            "title": "MLB Trade Tracker: July",
            "description": "A full listing of the many MLB trades that occurred in July 2025.",
            "content": "The 2025 MLB trade deadline has passed, and it was a good one with plenty of surprises. This post lists all July trades for each of the 30 teams, plus a bonus trio of June acquisitions. Check out the “acquired” links below to read our write-ups on th... [830 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/07/mlb-trade-tracker-july.html",
            "image": "https://cdn.mlbtraderumors.com/files/2025/07/USATSI_26396900-1024x683.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-08-01T05:03:45Z",
            "source": {
                "id": "95e9972ed9d1a75fccc1269425e6b80e",
                "name": "MLB Trade Rumors",
                "url": "https://www.mlbtraderumors.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "6266038b46de1c184684fe32a4b7597e",
            "title": "Chargers, Trey Lance dominate Hall of Fame Game; NFL debuts virtual measurement system",
            "description": "Lance completed 13 of 20 passes for 120 yards and two touchdowns and looked as good as he has at any point in his NFL career.",
            "content": "Football season is officially underway, as the Los Angeles Chargers defeated the Detroit Lions, 34-7, in the annual Hall of Fame game in Canton, Ohio.\nThere aren’t usually too many serious roster discussions that come out of the Hall of Fame Game, bu... [4303 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6529462/2025/07/31/hall-of-fame-game-chargers-lions/",
            "image": "https://static01.nyt.com/athletic/uploads/wp/2025/07/31225551/GettyImages-2227221394-scaled.jpg?width=1200&height=630&fit=cover",
            "publishedAt": "2025-08-01T03:20:08Z",
            "source": {
                "id": "2f580dc49292a1caf59cd86dd3c9e60b",
                "name": "The New York Times",
                "url": "https://www.nytimes.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}                        

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