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": 503334,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "a0c9072e2b85e8a83b6c0993d202b216",
            "title": "Sabres extend head coach Lindy Ruff for two more years",
            "description": "The Buffalo Sabres announced on Wednesday the signing of head coach Lindy Ruff to a two-year contract extension. Ruff led the Sabres to the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time in 15 years this season, taking the team to Game 7 of the second round against the Montreal Canadiens. Paul Hamilton has more: | WGR Sports Radio Buffalo",
            "content": "Buffalo, N.Y. (WGR Sports Radio 550) - The Buffalo Sabres announced on Wednesday the signing of head coach Lindy Ruff to a two-year contract extension. Ruff was working this past season on the final year of his current contract with the team.\nRuff le... [3642 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.audacy.com/wgr550/sports/sabres/the-buffalo-sabres-extend-head-coach-lindy-ruff",
            "image": "https://www.audacy.com/media-library/lindy-ruff.jpg?id=66769820&width=1200&height=600&coordinates=0%2C85%2C0%2C86",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-21T00:21:50Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "825b31a674ede9b474d6bfb60c4a6904",
                "name": "Audacy",
                "url": "https://www.audacy.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b7d9de1a1c7c40b0eb9621d0724c634a",
            "title": "J.P. Crawford Getting Work At Third Base",
            "description": "Mariners shortstop J.P. Crawford approached the team about a potential position change. Head to MLB Trade Rumors to get al the details.",
            "content": "Mariners shortstop J.P. Crawford has been getting work at the hot corner and was taking grounders there prior to today’s game. Daniel Kramer of MLB.com was among those to report that the idea was actually brought up by Crawford, who approached manage... [3888 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2026/05/mariners-rumors-j-p-crawford-third-base-colt-emerson-shortstop.html",
            "image": "https://cdn.mlbtraderumors.com/files/2026/05/j-p-crawford-mariners-shortstop-1024x683.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-21T00:11:52Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "95e9972ed9d1a75fccc1269425e6b80e",
                "name": "MLB Trade Rumors",
                "url": "https://www.mlbtraderumors.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "0b49748f819a271df580cd50b7a69696",
            "title": "Judge in Brendan Sorsby case recuses himself",
            "description": "Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby, like all civil litigants, would like to find some home cooking in court.",
            "content": "Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby, like all civil litigants, would like to find some home cooking in court. As it turns out, the cooking in Sorsby’s case was a little too close to home.\nAs reported by Ryan Autollo of Bloomberg, Judge Phillip Hays... [1288 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/judge-in-brendan-sorsby-case-recuses-himself",
            "image": "https://nbcsports.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/5f3038f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3404x1915+0+182/resize/1440x810!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnbc-sports-production-nbc-sports.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fb5%2F95%2F85ce44a4445db463018bec3f79ac%2Fhttps-delivery-gettyimages.com%2Fdownloads%2F2271303431",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-20T23:40:21Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "dc8f73f077072c35626eba314ee483bd",
                "name": "NBC Sports",
                "url": "https://www.nbcsports.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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