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  World Cup 2015: McCullum hails bowlers, says batting needs to improve

  Cricket | February 17, 2015 11:23 IST

  Dunedin (New Zealand): New Zealand skipper Brendon McCullum says pacers Trent Boult and Tim Southee were "outstanding" as they set up the team's victory by denting the Scotland batting line-up with their intimidating bowling.Boult was

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  World Cup 2015: New Zealand beats Scotland by 3 wickets

  Cricket | February 17, 2015 10:14 IST

  Dunedin, New Zealand: New Zealand narrowly avoided a major misstep in its first meeting with a second-tier nation at the Cricket World Cup, edging Scotland by three wickets in a low-scoring match Tuesday to stay

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  World Cup 2015: Scotland bowled out for 142 vs New Zealand

  Cricket | February 17, 2015 6:57 IST

  Dunedin, New Zealand: Matt Machan made a pugnacious 56 and Richie Berrington had 50 as Scotland recovered from an early collapse to reach 142, batting first Tuesday in its Cricket World Cup Pool A match

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  World Cup 2015: New Zealand not taking Scotland lightly

  Cricket | February 16, 2015 13:11 IST

  Dunedin, New Zealand: New Zealand coach Mike Hesson's assurances that his team won't take Scotland lightly when they meet in a Cricket World Cup Pool A match Tuesday is more than just the usual platitudes

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  World Cup 2015: West Indies get 313, Bangladesh held to 189 in warmups

  Cricket | February 12, 2015 9:50 IST

  Sydney: Denish Ramdin scored 88 runs and Lendl Simmons added 55 after the West Indies won the toss and batted first, scoring 313-8 in a Cricket World Cup warm-up game Thursday against Scotland.Alasdair Evans led

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  Same-sex marriage law adopted in Scotland

  World | December 16, 2014 11:53 IST

  London: Scotland's new law on same-sex marriages has come into effect, a media report said Tuesday.A number of other Scottish couples, already in civil partnerships, are planning to make the conversion later, BBC reported.Others wishing

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  Scotland, England to pay tribute after fan dies

  Football | November 17, 2014 7:26 IST

  Scotland: The Scottish Football Association says a minute's applause will be held before the international friendly between Scotland and England on Tuesday in honor of a Scotland fan who died after falling in a stairwell

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  Scotland could still declare independence: Salmond

  World | September 22, 2014 20:58 IST

  London: Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, who announced his resignation after his Yes campaign's defeat in the independence referendum Friday, has claimed that Scotland could declare itself independent without a referendum in the future, a

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  India can learn from Scottish vote: Shashi Tharoor

  World | September 20, 2014 7:26 IST

  London: The result of the Scottish referendum gave a “good and healthy signal” to the world and offered a lesson in unity to India, Congress politician and author Shashi Tharoor said here today.As Scots voted

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  It is time to move forward: Cameron

  World | September 19, 2014 13:31 IST

  London: It is time to move forward, said British Prime Minister David Cameron Friday after Scotland voted to stay with the United Kingdom."The matter has been settled now for a generation. Or, as (Scottish First

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  Scotland votes to stay in UK

  World | September 19, 2014 18:27 IST

  London/Edinburgh:  Scottish voters today said a big “No” to independence and decided to stay in the 307-year-old union with England and Wales after a historic referendum that brought out bitter divisions while paving the way

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  Scotland's independence vote puts UK union on edge

  World | September 18, 2014 11:28 IST

  LONDON:  Breaking up is hard to do, especially after 307 years. The entire United Kingdom will find out just how hard if Scotland chooses independence in Thursday's vote.WHAT'S AT STAKEA Yes vote will trigger 18

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  UK Parliament debates Kashmir, says resolution crucial for world peace

  World | September 12, 2014 7:12 IST

  London: A resolution to the Kashmir dispute is crucial for world peace, a group of cross-party lawmakers stressed on Thursday during a debate in the UK Parliament complex."A final resolution to the Kashmir issue is

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  Scotland referendum: Yes camp winning battle of ads

  World | September 11, 2014 14:25 IST

  Glasgow: When the campaign to keep Scotland in the United Kingdom launched a recent TV ad, the spot went viral — but for all the wrong reasons.In a kitchen, a woman complains that while her

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  Indian-origin woman gets 11 years in UK jail for son's murder

  World | August 25, 2014 20:32 IST

  London: An Indian-origin woman in Scotland was today sentenced to 11 years in jail for brutally killing her three-year-old child and hiding his body in a suitcase.Rosdeep Adekoya was jailed by the High Court in

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  CWG 2014: Australia test awaits Sardar & Co in Glasgow

  Other Sports | July 28, 2014 17:01 IST

  Glasgow:  With two easy victories under their belt, a confident India will face their first real test in the men's hockey event when they take on world champions and title holders Australia in the next

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  Silence for Malaysia jet victims at Glasgow Games

  Other Sports | July 24, 2014 10:43 IST

  GLASGOW, Scotland:  The 298 victims of the Malaysia Airlines crash have been remembered at the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow with a period of silence.   Almost a third of the victims of

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  Plastic banknotes to be released in Scotland in 2015

  May 24, 2014 20:40 IST

  Edinburgh: Scotland's Clydesdale Bank said Friday that it will next year release Britain's first plastic banknotes to mark the 125th anniversary of the Forth Bridge—a rail bridge in Britain.The bank will release two million five

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  England beats Scotland by 39 runs in rain-hit ODI

  Cricket | May 10, 2014 7:34 IST

  ABERDEEN, Scotland :  England's new era under coach Peter Moores began with a 39-run win over Scotland in a rain-blighted one-day international that was reduced to 20 overs a side on Friday.   After the start

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  Scotland vs. England Scoreboard

  Cricket | May 10, 2014 7:21 IST

  ABERDEEN, Scotland :  Scoreboard Friday in the one-day international between Scotland and England at Mannofield Park in Aberdeen (match reduced to 20 overs per side because of rain):England=                                           Run   Alastair Cook c MacLeod b Taylor