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": 457854,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "d02e950328a188aa3ea69fc94399a89a",
            "title": "Mets to call up prospect A.J. Ewing (source)",
            "description": "NEW YORK -- Seeking an offensive spark, the Mets are calling up one of their top position player prospects in years after only 12 games at Triple-A Syracuse.\nThe team will select outfielder A.J. Ewing prior to Tuesday's series opener against the Tigers, a source confirmed. The club has not",
            "content": "NEW YORK -- Seeking an offensive spark, the Mets are calling up one of their top position player prospects in years after only 12 games at Triple-A Syracuse.\nThe team will select outfielder A.J. Ewing prior to Tuesday's series opener against the Tige... [836 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.mlb.com/news/mets-aj-ewing-prospect-promotion",
            "image": "https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-images/image/upload/t_2x1/t_w1536/mlb/yrghspfjaodyengu2v0l.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-12T04:15:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6aaa550e52f9c04eb9adec9f8430499b",
                "name": "MLB.com",
                "url": "https://www.mlb.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "67bda837d84714445a7b581f5bfcb752",
            "title": "Comisión de Árbitros se echa para atrás y sustituye a Santander",
            "description": "Luis Enrique Santander tuvo un trabajo polémico en el partido de Ida entre América y Pumas.",
            "content": "La Comisión de Árbitros rectificó la decisión de poner a Luis Enrique Santander en la Ida entre Pachuca y Pumas y en su lugar puso a Ismael López como el árbitro central en el partido que tendrá lugar en el Estadio Hidalgo.\nSantander tiene un anteced... [1418 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.mediotiempo.com/futbol/liga-mx/cambian-arbitro-comision-arbitros-rectifica-baja-santander-ida-pachuca-pumas",
            "image": "https://cdn2.mediotiempo.com/uploads/media/2026/05/11/luis-enrique-santander-ida-semifinales.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-12T04:09:50Z",
            "lang": "es",
            "source": {
                "id": "6adfa15ab0543b6a74cc26dcb93ab0cc",
                "name": "Mediotiempo",
                "url": "https://www.mediotiempo.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "032a3aae6650fbe9d0d4b7fc80a786f5",
            "title": "Warriors Notes: Giannis, 11th Pick, Prospects, Kerr",
            "description": "Not being able to trade for Giannis Antetokounmpo might not be the worst thing for the Warriors, plus more from Golden State.",
            "content": "The Warriors should — and almost certainly will — be among the suitors for Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo, but if they’re unable to pull off a deal, it doesn’t mean the pursuit was a failure, argues Monte Poole of NBC Sports Bay Area.\nThe possib... [609 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2026/05/warriors-notes-giannis-11th-pick-prospects-kerr.html",
            "image": "https://cdn.hoopsrumors.com/files/2025/11/Giannis-Antetokounmpo1-900x600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-12T04:07:47Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "d922c62c38677fdd23a0d8d8d3e321a0",
                "name": "Hoops Rumors",
                "url": "https://www.hoopsrumors.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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