# Google News Sport Section Headlines API

> Google News Sport Section Headlines API is a paid API for AI agents from google-news.fetcher.sh, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-16).

Fetches the latest sport headlines from Google News via a pay-per-call REST endpoint using USDC micropayments

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://google-news.fetcher.sh/api/sport
- Price: $0.005/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-16
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/google-news-sport-section-headlines-api-d3af29a5
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_Y83Nu0IU2mnuvSRzhIDJo

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability google-news-sport-section-headlines-api-d3af29a5
```

Example prompt: Pull the latest sport headlines from Google News right now so I can see what's trending in sports today.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need real-time sport headlines from Google News without setting up an account, OAuth credentials, or a subscription. Ideal for lightweight, pay-as-you-go agents that need fresh sports news on demand, at $0.005 per call. Prefer this over official Google News APIs when you want frictionless access paid via USDC micropayments on Base, Polygon, Arbitrum, Monad, or Solana.

## Known failure modes

- Payment not provided or insufficient USDC — returns 402 Payment Required
- Google News is temporarily unavailable or rate-limited — returns 5xx error
- No sport headlines available at query time — returns empty list
- Invalid payment network or wallet address — payment rejected
- Malformed request parameters — returns 400 Bad Request

## How this service works

Google News (headlines) data and scraping API: Headlines by section (world, business, technology, ...), keyword search, topics, and article URL decoding. 12 REST endpoints from $0.005 per call — no account, no OAuth, no subscription. Pay with x402 (USDC on Base, Polygon, Arbitrum, Monad or Solana) or prepaid credits.

## Output

Returns a list of current sport headlines from Google News, including article titles, source names, publication times, and URLs to the full articles. Typical response contains the top news items currently shown in the sport section of Google News.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "required": {
   "type": "string"
  },
  "properties": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/google-news-sport-section-headlines-api-d3af29a5/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
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