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Jeev Milkha Singh beat Francesco Molinari in a playoff Sunday to win the Scottish Open and secure a late berth in next week's British Open.A final-round meltdown by local hope Marc Warren left Singh and Molinari tied at 17-under 271. The 40-year-old Indian won by draining a 15-foot putt for birdie on No. 18.Singh, the son of an Olympic 400-meter runner, shot a bogey-free 5-under 67 to tie for the lowest round of the day. Warren and overnight leader Molinari (72) dropped shots down a tough closing stretch into the wind."I was just enjoying a nice cup of tea and some chocolate cake," Singh said of his hour-long wait for the late starters to finish. "I said to myself that I'd see the finish and then leave for the airport. But as the chocolate cake went down, it got exciting out on the course."Warren, playing in the second-to-last group and also seeking that one remaining berth in the British Open, led by three shots with six holes remaining. But he faltered under pressure and dropped four...
Libyan defector Moussa Koussa, the country's former foreign minister, was interviewed Thursday by Scottish police looking to find more information about the 1988 Loc...
It's not a meeting David Cameron is likely to enjoy.The British prime minister is due to visit the leader of Scotland's separatist administration on Monday to agree ...
After reveling in a rousing Olympic summer of sporting success, Britain awoke Tuesday to another major milestone: Finally, after 76 years of waiting, the country has...
First came the victory in the Tour de France. Then there were the stacks of medals at a dazzling Olympics at home.If that weren't enough to lift the country's spirit...
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron signed a deal Monday with the leader of Scotland's separatist administration on a referendum that could break up the United Ki...
A Grand Slam title drought did indeed end in Sunday's historic and riveting Wimbledon final, only it was Roger Federer's lengthy-for-him gap between trophies that ca...
LONDON-- Scotland's leader said Wednesday that 16- and 17-year-olds should be eligible to cast ballots in a referendum on Scottish independence.First Minister Alex S...
EDINBURGH, Scotland -- Scottish officials said Saturday they were right to release a Libyan man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing because he was dying of cancer, ev...
British motorists were warned Saturday not to panic buy at the pumps on the eve of a planned strike at one of the country's biggest oil refineries, in Scotland.A maj...
Even as Scotland's separatist leader kicked off his party's independence campaign Friday, he also floated a compromise option which would fall short of his cherished...
He was the embodiment of one of modern Libya's darkest chapters — a man synonymous with horrifying scenes of wreckage, broken families and a plane that fell out of t...
Two New Jersey senators are demanding that any new Libyan government agree to extradite to the United States the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing two years aft...
Andy Murray has messed up a lot of people's weekend plans.Murray's surprise victory in the Wimbledon semifinals, after losing at the same stage three years running, ...
The Scottish government says it will continue to investigate the Lockerbie bombing that killed 270 people even though the only man convicted over the case is dead.Fi...
LONDON—Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond called on the U.S. on Sunday to declassify documents related to Scotland's release last summer of convicted Lockerbie bom...
Scotland moved a step closer Monday to a vote on independence after Scottish and British leaders signed a deal laying the groundwork for a popular referendum that co...
Scottish lawmakers tore into their goverment Monday at an emergency session on the early release of Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, as the ruling party esca...
LONDON (AP) — The Scottish minister who authorized the release of the Lockerbie bomber said Friday he won't appear at a U.S. Senate hearing on the case because he ha...
LONDON — The Scottish minister who authorized the release of the Lockerbie bomber said Friday he won't appear at a U.S. Senate hearing on the case because he has no ...