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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": 474356,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "68a93b1f93ccdc09dacfb9abe5cc4cfc",
            "title": "Anti-ICE backlash and Vance’s presence fail to chill enthusiasm as USA get Winter Olympics underway",
            "description": "Despite local anti-ICE protests and the potential for disruption around US vice-president JD Vance’s appearance at Thursday night’s ice hockey opener, Team USA’s Games appear to have got off to a smooth start",
            "content": "On the eve of the Winter Olympics, IOC president Kirsty Coventry issued a statement designed to ward off complex matters of geopolitics from intervening in the festival of sport.\n“We understand politics and we know we don’t operate in a vacuum. But o... [5163 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/winter-olympics/ice-jd-vance-milano-cortina-winter-olympics-ice-hockey-b2915124.html",
            "image": "https://static.independent.co.uk/2026/02/05/20/54/GettyImages-2260090366.jpeg?trim=0,0,0,0&width=1200&height=800&crop=1200:800",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-06T07:18:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0d5c0adfb0e84da759fe48296b9f6e55",
                "name": "The Independent",
                "url": "https://www.independent.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "ecc6acc4ee0827b922c9004690a4708b",
            "title": "Silver Screen and Roll",
            "description": "Luka Dončić became the latest Lakers star to suffer an injury as he left Thursday’s game late in the first half.",
            "content": "Just as the Lakers were getting healthy, they were dealt another huge blow on Thursday.\nLate in the first half against the Sixers, Luka Dončić came up limp and went to the locker room. While it was only for a brief moment, Luka grabbed the back of hi... [1656 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.silverscreenandroll.com/lakers-injury-report/107418/lakers-injury-report-luka-doncic-hamstring-sixers-status-update",
            "image": "https://platform.silverscreenandroll.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/144/2026/02/imagn-28167209.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C10.736515182116%2C100%2C78.526969635768&w=1200",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-06T05:48:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "fd7b61a11201acd39c61991e35f3cb0b",
                "name": "Silver Screen and Roll",
                "url": "https://www.silverscreenandroll.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "c3d38b5e5d9a9f5b01b1edc5c7156841",
            "title": "This NFL Hall of Fame Class Should Be a Tipping Point",
            "description": "A Hall of Fame voter pulls back the curtain on the most controversial class ever",
            "content": "When I opened the email containing the super-secret, heavily embargoed list of the people elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s class of 2026 early Thursday morning, my only reaction was relief.\nNot pride. Not happiness. Simply relief. I am one ... [8089 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theringer.com/2026/02/06/nfl/hall-of-fame-class-2026-voter-tipping-point",
            "image": "https://wp.theringer.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/cropped-HOFmess_getty_ringer-scaled-1.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-06T05:46:45Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "691bf36891e9d7ed082357223079e48d",
                "name": "The Ringer",
                "url": "https://www.theringer.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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