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": 483300,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "06276a088a5d6214568baeae38f4e53c",
            "title": "Zurich Classic could be dropped to secondary status in 2028",
            "description": "The Zurich Classic faces uncertainty as the PGA Tour plans a new two-tier tournament model starting in 2028, potentially relegating it to the secondary challenger series and impacting its status in New Orleans' professional golf history.",
            "content": "The Zurich Classic’s status as a premier PGA Tour event is in jeopardy.\nStarting in 2028, New Orleans’ longstanding professional golf tournament could be relegated to de facto secondary status in the new tournament model announced Tuesday by PGA Tour... [5101 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nola.com/sports/zurich-classic-could-be-dropped-to-secondary-status-in-2028/article_c8e3dbc6-0f62-469f-8450-73da9dac12ac.html",
            "image": "https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/c/8e/c8e3dbc6-0f62-469f-8450-73da9dac12ac/6a3aa93a9ac83.preview.jpg?crop=1792%2C941%2C0%2C107&resize=1200%2C630&order=crop%2Cresize",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-23T19:22:46Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "9c62af93ff2334ebcb1066ecb0fc458f",
                "name": "NOLA.com",
                "url": "https://www.nola.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "6e66583e21a3f59b3b487d104e04add1",
            "title": "Geno Smith investigation continues",
            "description": "On Monday, it wasn't clear whether police were investigating an assault allegation against Jet quarterback Geno Smith.",
            "content": "On Monday, it wasn’t clear whether police were investigating an assault allegation against Jet quarterback Geno Smith.\nIt’s now clear that an investigation is ongoing.\nVia Rich Cimini of ESPN, the following statement was released on Tuesday morning b... [682 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/geno-smith-investigation-continues",
            "image": "https://nbcsports.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/cc40ce8/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3456x1944+0+822/resize/1440x810!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnbc-sports-production-nbc-sports.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F83%2Fd0%2Fad1945874cf1b3bfff4cddae8660%2Fhttps-delivery-gettyimages.com%2Fdownloads%2F2177757353",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-23T18:51:50Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "dc8f73f077072c35626eba314ee483bd",
                "name": "NBC Sports",
                "url": "https://www.nbcsports.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "7c9f20df5238aade3ef7ffdf781f76c6",
            "title": "Iran's World Cup team has US travel restrictions eased",
            "description": "The U.S. is easing its restrictions on Iran’s World Cup team. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday the squad could travel into the country two days before its next match.",
            "content": "The U.S. is easing its restrictions on Iran’s World Cup team, allowing the squad to travel into the country two days before its next match, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday.\nThe team will still be required to leave after Friday’s... [3344 chars]",
            "url": "https://apnews.com/article/iran-world-cup-travel-20af86f0da8c29dd088ecdf4d2313b2e",
            "image": "https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/3fb853f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/7221x4812+0+1/resize/980x653!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F30%2F62%2F6ce62c8ceb3fbbe37277c4965174%2Fb06ea77fea254fd196d62debd7761321",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-23T18:15:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b356d47a35dfffa723fc8131b36c3ed1",
                "name": "AP News",
                "url": "https://apnews.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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