Nozomi Okuhara said that she wanted to measure where she is on the global badminton map right now. Yes, she captured the gold medal in the women's singles competition at the World Badminton Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, on Sunday. But does she think that she is ...
Divers have recovered two World War Two-era "bouncing bombs" from the bottom of a Scottish loch after a seven-year hunt aided by the British navy. The spherical Highball devices, developed by British war-time "Dambuster" engineer Barnes Wallis, are similar to the bombs used to destroy ...
Flanker Hamish Watson's 61st-minute try earned Scotland a rare victory in Australia as it beat the Wallabies 24-19 in a seesawing test match Saturday that saw both teams score three tries a piece. Scotland led 17-12 at halftime despite fullback Israel Folau scoring two ...
There is no realistic reason, other than football — like any sport — can always produce a shock, to believe England will not beat Scotland at Hampden Park on Saturday in a 2018 World Cup qualifier. This is one of the poorest Scotland teams in ...
Same-sex couples will be able to marry in some churches in Scotland after religious authorities on Thursday agreed to change texts stating marriage is between a man and a woman, the first such move for a major Christian church in Britain. At the general synod ...
Japan rugby head coach Jamie Joseph is keen to get a first-hand look at his 2019 Rugby World Cup rivals when the Brave Blossoms play Ireland in two test matches in June. But the New Zealander also warned against reading too much into his team's ...
Prime Minister Theresa May rejected Scotland's bid to hold a referendum on independence before the U.K. leaves the European Union, the latest twist in the increasingly acrimonious fight over Brexit with the nationalist government in Edinburgh. While not ruling one out eventually, May's team said ...
The Scots didn't vote yes for independence even when there was no Brexit in the offing. Why would they do it now?
Scotland's announcement Monday that it will begin preparations for a new independence bid raised the specter of one of Brexit's most feared consequences — the break-up of the United Kingdom. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she will seek the semiautonomous Scottish parliament’s authority next week ...
Celtic great Tommy Gemmell, who inspired the club to glory in the 1967 European Cup, has died at age 73 after a long illness, the Scottish giants announced on Thursday. Gemmell scored Celtic's equalizer and played a part in Stevie Chalmers' 84th-minute winner as Celtic ...
Support for Scottish independence rose after the British Prime Minister came out in favor of the U.K. making a clean break with the European Union, a BMG survey for Herald Scotland showed. The survey indicated 49 percent of Scots support independence with 51 percent opposing ...
A flaming Viking longship has been dispatched from a remote Scottish island to Valhalla in the grand finale of one of the most dramatic fire festivals in the world. "Up Hella Aa" takes place every January in Lerwick on the Shetland Islands, which lie in ...
