Scotland

Qualifying tournament for 2019 Cricket World Cup to be moved from Bangladesh to Ireland and Scotland

The qualifying tournament for the 2019 World Cup is set to be moved to Ireland and Scotland next summer.
18 May 2017

Celtic break club record

Scott Sinclair scored twice as Celtic surpassed a 50-year-old club record in style with a 4-0 thrashing of Hearts on Sunday to extend their unbeaten domestic run to 27 matches.
29 January 2017

British FAs fined over poppy tribute

The Football Associations of England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales have been fined for displaying poppies during World Cup qualifiers last month, world soccer's governing body said on Monday.
19 December 2016

England sweep Scots away

England shrugged aside the potential ramifications of sanctions over poppy emblems Friday with a 3-0 Wembley win over Scotland to bring a 2018 World Cup berth a step closer.
12 November 2016

Football: Poppies and pride as England, Scotland collide

England and Scotland renew the oldest rivalry in international football on Friday in a 2018 World Cup qualifier that has been dogged by a pre-match row about commemorative poppies.
10 November 2016

Boxing: Scottish boxer Towell dies after bout

Scottish boxer Mike Towell dies in hospital after the 25-year-old suffered serious injuries in a welterweight bout in Glasgow on Thursday.
1 October 2016

UK rejects petition calling for 2nd EU referendum

The British government rejects an online petition signed by 4.1 million people calling for a new referendum on whether to leave the European Union.
9 July 2016

Scotland Minister Sturgeon says MSPs at Holyrood could veto Brexit

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon tells BBC that Holyrood may try to block the UK's exit from the EU. She was speaking following a referendum which saw Britain vote by 52% to 48% to leave Europe.
26 June 2016

Business promotion and politics par for Trump's golf tour

Donald Trump moves from hole to hole on his wind-swept Scotland golf course, not a club in hand but promotion on his mind, extolling North Sea views that are among "the great sights of the world."
26 June 2016

Loch Ness monster find turns out to be film prop

A marine robot deployed in the waters of Scotland's Loch Ness finds the remains of a monster but it turns out to be a prop from a movie shot in 1970.
14 April 2016

[WATCH] Scotland vs Zimbabwe World T20 highlights

Zimbabwe win their second qualifying match for the ICC World T20 2016 after they came out in front by 11 runs against a feisty Scottish side at Nagpur.
10 March 2016

Hero of the day: Match 5

Sean Williams turns out a match-winning performance with the bat and scores 53 from 36 balls for Zimbabwe against Scotland during the Group B qualifying match of ICC World T20 2016.
10 March 2016

Zimbabwe pip Scotland by 11 runs

Zimbabwe win their second qualifying match for the ICC World T20 2016 after they come out in front by 11 runs against a feisty Scottish side at Nagpur, India.
10 March 2016

World Twenty 2016: Scotland fall short against Afghanistan

Scotland miss the chance to record a first victory at a World Twenty20 as Afghanistan held on to win by 14 runs in Nagpur.
8 March 2016

ICC U19 World Cup: Bangladesh crush Scotland to move to quarterfinals

Bangladesh Tigers secure a huge 114-run win over Scotland to move to the quarter-finals of ICC U19 World Cup.
31 January 2016

ICC T20 World Cup 2016 schedule announced

The International Cricket Council (ICC) announces the groups and schedule of the ICC World Twenty20 India 2016, which will be staged across eight venues in India from March 8 to April 3, 2016.
11 December 2015

Passenger tries to open plane door at 30,000ft thinking ‘it was a toilet'

A passenger tries to open a jet door at 30,000 feet mistaking it for the toilet before being fined and getting banned from the airline for five years.
28 September 2015

Scotland to ban GM crop growing

Scotland is to ban the growing of genetically modified crops, the country's rural affairs secretary has announced.
9 August 2015

14 Associates vie for six World T20 spots

Fourteen Associate teams will attempt to outwit, outplay and outlast one another in Ireland and Scotland starting Thursday at the World Twenty20 Qualifier.
8 July 2015

India vs Zimbabwe, Australia vs Scotland

Catch the best moments of today's matches at the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 when India faced Zimbabwe and Australia took on Scotland
14 March 2015