January 9 - Flower Of Scotland, a song which celebrates a victory over the English in a battle nearly 700 years ago, has been selected as the official anthem for Scots representing their country in ...

The playing of national anthems before international football matches is a time-honoured a tradition. For a final time before the kick-off and the ushering in of the blood, sweat, tears and passion, ...

Scotland have never had it so good. Fourteenth in the latest, albeit flawed, Coca-Cola world rankings, genuine hope that a decade-long hiatus from major football championships might soon be over, and ...

COME on. All together now. O flower of Scotland, when … Some of you are not joining in. What’s wrong with you? Oh, you’re Scottish? I see. Poor old disputatious Scotland. Even its unofficial national ...

The opening ceremony of the Rugby World Cup 2011 at Eden Park. Photo / Richard Robinson A crowd of us are going to the England-Scotland match at Eden Park on Saturday, which should be a ripper. Quite ...

THE Flower of Scotland has a special place in the heart of every Scot. But little do most of us know the story behind perhaps the most famous ever rendition of the anthem. The former was led by the ...

Former Scotland coach Jim Telfer is still adamant his nation should "show maturity" by ditching their national anthem. The Scots will blast out Flower of Scotland loud and proud at Twickenham before ...

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Four little words set Brenda's teeth on edge. They're the bane of her life, and it's her mission to delete them from the world's memory; or at least to break their instant association with Scotland.

Pop queen Madonna is to become the new flower of Scotland, it emerged today. A heather is being cultivated for the star and her husband, Guy Ritchie, as a second wedding anniversary gift. Tourist ...