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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": 489072,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "81917723ac132dc74e96b7bce846750b",
            "title": "Prochazka-Ulberg title bout set for UFC 327; Pereira vacates belt",
            "description": "The UFC announced a vacant light heavyweight title bout between Jiri Prochazka and Carlos Ulberg at UFC 327, meaning former champ Alex Pereira has vacated his belt.",
            "content": "The UFC's undisputed light heavyweight championship will be on the line in April, when Jiri Prochazka and Carlos Ulberg will meet for the vacant title at UFC 327.\nUFC CEO Dana White announced the 205-pound title fight Friday. The announcement means t... [687 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.espn.com/mma/story/_/id/48059111/prochazka-ulberg-title-bout-set-ufc-327-pereira-vacates-belt",
            "image": "https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F1226%2Fr1593755_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-28T04:36:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0207e330d5d787ce8251900411dd488d",
                "name": "ESPN",
                "url": "https://www.espn.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "3abb261da80835b77e3b6feace537634",
            "title": "dónde y a qué hora ver EN VIVO J8",
            "description": "Conoce los horarios, canales en vivo y pronósticos de FC Juárez vs. Altas HOY Liga MX 2026.",
            "content": "FC Juárez vs. Atlas EN VIVO. Partido J8 de Liga MX 2026\nLos Bravos reciben al Atlas en la Jornada 8 del Clausura 2026; conoce los detalles del partido.\n2\n1\nJosé Luis Rodríguez1'\nDenzell García50'\n26' Arturo González\nAG P\n¡Tenemos duelo en la Frontera... [8657 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.mediotiempo.com/futbol/liga-mx/donde-ver-juarez-vs-atlas-horario-y-canal-partido-hoy-liga-mx-2026",
            "image": "https://cdn2.mediotiempo.com/uploads/media/2026/02/25/rivalidad-fc-juarez-vs-atlas-1.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-28T04:28:31Z",
            "lang": "es",
            "source": {
                "id": "6adfa15ab0543b6a74cc26dcb93ab0cc",
                "name": "Mediotiempo",
                "url": "https://www.mediotiempo.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "e22e32f996eb03471b18057e37a83ee0",
            "title": "BYU football: Kalani Sitake on Cougars' first spring practice",
            "description": "BYU Cougars football head coach Kalani Sitake spoke on the first day of 2026 spring ball.",
            "content": "BYU has turned the page to 2026, with the Cougars holding their first of 15 spring practices on Friday.\n“It was a nice day. I’m glad we were outside and I’m excited about the team. I thought we had a really good practice. It’s a really good start to ... [3126 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.deseret.com/sports/2026/02/27/byu-football-opens-2026-spring-ball-kalani-sitake/",
            "image": "https://www.deseret.com/resizer/v2/RKCZOAKZXFCCTHOZORQFDGTBEU.jpg?focal=0%2C0&auth=cc34f05b914746c9b32734e171e15e93510cecdd63e9089ab829cd4167e43b9a&width=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-28T03:54:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "2bde5457fc5efcf659e4e07f8842f6f7",
                "name": "Deseret News",
                "url": "https://www.deseret.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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