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Australia Sports News API

Get the live top sports headlines from Australia with our JSON API.

Get API key for the Australia 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 Australia.

GET
https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?country=au&category=sports&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 220272,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "dc6e1264335267c4844eba6cb93e8c07",
            "title": "Australia v England scores, results, start time, wickets, teams, how to watch",
            "description": "Day three of the second Test series between Australia and England continues at The Gabba in Brisbane. Follow along for all our live coverage.",
            "content": "Michael Neser is gone, caught behind trying to hit on the up on the back foot. I’m far from a batting technician but he didn’t seem to get his weight distribution right, and the ball got a little tight and big on him.\nNeser goes for 16, Australia are... [5836 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/sport/cricket/the-ashes-2025-live-updates-england-s-ashes-campaign-already-on-the-line-at-the-gabba-20251206-p5nlek.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.367038554948391%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.776846%2C$width_1059%2C$x_515%2C$y_49/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/t_metro_live_no_age_social_wm/7e0a320801204249338932dd837c270679f436e8",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-06T04:29:39Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe",
                "name": "The Age",
                "url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "bbe923f61e8532f19180450bfbfb3dc3",
            "title": "Here he comes! Smith surges into lead in epic Aus open revival as Rory double act stuns — LIVE",
            "description": "Here he comes! Smith surges into lead in epic Aus open revival as Rory double act stuns — LIVE",
            "content": "For the second straight day, Rory McIlroy has managed to record a birdie on the par five 17th despite putting his drive behind the trees.\nSpraying his tee shot right, McIlroy had to manoeuvre around the trees with his second shot. He was able to do s... [6944 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.foxsports.com.au/golf/im-not-here-to-make-the-cut-smith-hunts-redemption-after-snapping-horror-streak-aus-open-live/news-story/71f675c19b08e295f6135ed02dd31a6d",
            "image": "https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/039022367e83394ef7138a04d7ef6faa",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-06T03:58:40Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4dff6eec49aed8ad858c020da892bcf1",
                "name": "Fox Sports",
                "url": "https://www.foxsports.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d596c2f754d69973f2ccca4bc0300f50",
            "title": "Rory McIlroy's Australian Open tilt hindered by discarded banana skin",
            "description": "Inclement weather is not the only challenge Rory McIlroy faced on his way to shooting a three-under-par 68 in the third round of the Australian Open at Royal Melbourne.",
            "content": "Inclement weather was not the only challenge Rory McIlroy faced on his way to shooting a three-under-par 68 in the third round of the Australian Open at Royal Melbourne.\nAfter rain began falling an hour before his 9.39am AEDT tee time, McIlroy struck... [2401 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-06/australian-open-golf-rory-mcilroy-banana-skin-third-round/106109898",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/1b7ef31a97bfffda35a83459ca6f43f5?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=1688&cropW=3000&xPos=0&yPos=134&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-06T03:46:42Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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