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Australia Sports News API

Get the live top sports headlines from Australia 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 Australia.

GET
https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?country=au&category=sports&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 219596,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "4b78e63a5ece1034f2c7fe54cfd3e8da",
            "title": "Kangaroo takes out Tour Down Under peloton, Jay Vine claims overall victory",
            "description": "Jay Vine was taken out by a pair of kangaroos and lost yet another teammate to injury, but was still able to hang on and claim a second career Tour Down Under victory.",
            "content": "Jay Vine has claimed a second career Tour Down Under title, but it was not without drama after he was taken out by a kangaroo mid-way through stage six of the Tour Down Under.\nWith 100 kilometres remaining of the 170km stage, a kangaroo caused chaos ... [3896 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-25/kangaroo-crashes-into-tour-down-under-peloton-as-jay-vine-wins/106267096",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/221be8f14b23a1af0d1814797a37151e?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=723&cropW=1286&xPos=0&yPos=36&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-25T06:11:40Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "9e0cf1123fb922594a93731dd13e5415",
            "title": "Australian Open 2026 results: Aryna Sabalenka to face Iva Jovic in quarter-finals",
            "description": "Teenager Iva Jovic is \"excited\" to test herself against \"the best\" after booking an Australian Open quarter-final against Aryna Sabalenka.",
            "content": "Teenager Iva Jovic says she is \"really excited\" to test herself against \"the best\" after booking a maiden Grand Slam quarter-final against world number one Aryna Sabalenka at the Australian Open.\nAmerican Jovic, who turned 18 in December, dropped onl... [1254 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/articles/ce8gn94jq3jo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/fbb0/live/0287f530-f9a5-11f0-91f5-71f2ea1fae3d.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-25T05:21:43Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "23b5005766c8500ce2314a50d9cd23d5",
            "title": "Australian Open favourite Aryna Sabalenka's simple approach to being world number one",
            "description": "As another Australian Open title beckons, Aryna Sabalenka reveals why she has not changed since topping the world rankings.",
            "content": "When Paula Badosa was asked about her close relationship with Aryna Sabalenka earlier in the Australian Open, she offered a revealing response.\nBadosa noted Sabalenka was still the same person with whom she became friends before the Belarusian had as... [2389 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-25/australian-open-aryna-sabalenka-wins-fourth-round/106267374",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/338b5fcb31d6648f136cf845c85c6de7?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2813&cropW=5000&xPos=0&yPos=199&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-25T05:16:19Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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