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Pace puts Richie Vernon on plane to New Zealand
Richie Vernon's pace proved enough to convince Scotland coach Andy Robinson to pick him for the Rugby World Cup squad. (...)
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Scotland coach Andy Robinson rings the changes for Italy
Andy Robinson's World Cup plans became clearer yesterday as he announced 14 changes in the Scotland line-up for Saturday's Test against Italy. (...)
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Fife Youth Olympiad Games team praised for their Italian job
Youngsters and coaches who represented Fife at this year's Youth Olympiad Games have been praised for their medal haul. (...)
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Joe Ansbro happy to sing when Scotland are winning
Joe Ansbro's reward for his debut try for Scotland was having to stand up and sing on the team bus back to headquarters, but the centre can hold a tune and his head high after lifting his team to a win over Ireland at Murrayfield. (...)
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Scotland 10 Ireland 6: Warm-up victory boosts Andy Robinson's men
You can't beat winning under any circumstances, even when the contest is perhaps as low in importance as you can go in international rugby, as Saturday's test between Scotland and Ireland was. (...)
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RAF Leuchars Typhoon crews back home from Libya
Pilots from closure-threatened RAF Leuchars are safely back in Scotland after a series of crucial operations in battle-scarred Libya. (...)
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Scotland squad for Rugby World Cup is shaping up
As many as 25 seats on the Scotland plane to September's Rugby World Cup in New Zealand are already occupied in head coach Andy Robinson's mind as the pre-tournament Murrayfield training camp has revved up intensity this week. (...)
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'Every time I close my eyes I hear it again' — cyclist faces long and expensive road to recovery after terrible accident with lorry
A Fife woman whose life was left hanging by a thread after a devastating accident in Italy now faces an agonising battle to fund critical medical care. (...)
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'Mr Union Street' Michael Barile
A Dundee restaurateur who became known as "Mr Union Street" because of his involvement in a host of businesses in the city centre thoroughfare has died at the age of 81. (...)
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Trans-Europe banger race driver issues Cupar rallying call
The organiser of a banger race across Europe hopes adventurers from his home town of Cupar will sign up. (...)
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Scrivener calls for huge Edinburgh effort in Italy
Edinburgh finish their Magners League season in Italy before embarking on a new era under new head coach Michael Bradley but outgoing chief Nick Scrivener has called for a huge effort to end on a high against Benetton Treviso. (...)
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All roads lead to Glamis for vintage car sale of the century
One of the most remarkable automotive collections to ever go under the hammer in Scotland is attracting major international interest ahead of an Angus auction early next month. (...)
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Scotland can boss New Zealand World Cup pool — Robinson
Scotland can not only reach the last eight in the World Cup in New Zealand but can win a pool that includes England and Argentina, head coach Andy Robinson believes. (...)
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Scotland 21 Italy 8: Scotland start firing too late to impress
Scotland made their 2011 RBS Six Nations look partly respectable and avoided the wooden spoon with a professional victory over Italy at Murrayfield on Saturday. (...)
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Cross gets the nod for Scotland's Six Nations decider with Italy
Geoff Cross' last start as a Scotland player ended ignominiously with him out cold on a stretcher and being shown the yellow card, but the Edinburgh prop has had an attack of realism to play only to his acknowledged strengths against Italy in the Six Nations wooden-spoon decider at Murrayfield on Saturday. (...)
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Scotland look to Italy's arrival after bitter Six Nations defeat
Scotland will not get many better chances to break their long drought at Twickenham than Sunday's agonising Calcutta Cup loss, but Chris Paterson believes that it set a marker showing that there is nothing between the teams for their next crucial meeting in September. (...)
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Duncan of Jordanstone students win Royal Scottish Academy scholarships to Florence
There can hardly be a better place to study for aspiring young artists than the Italian city of Florence. (...)
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Lecturer David Petrie pleads for EU help in Italian equal rights bid
A Dundee University graduate who has been fighting against discrimination in Italian universities has pleaded for EU help against a move by the Berlusconi government to wipe the legal rights of foreign workers from the statute book. (...)
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Smart Exporter scheme opens up a world of opportunities
Around 60 business representatives from Dundee and Angus gathered on Monday to find out how to take the export route to success. (...)
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Scotland A team pulls it off in UK tug-of-war wins
Competitors were in Perth at the weekend for the UK indoor tug-of-war championships. (...)
