However, researchers recently identified what they think was a 17th-century soccer field in Scotland. They argue the find proves football was invented in Scotland, not England. “Our discovery ...

A leading historian has said that the English should stop claiming the game as their own as football was invented in Scotland. It is a debate that has raged for years - where did football originate?

Not everyone realises that Scotland basically invented the modern world. Pretty good for a country of only 5 million people. Here are 17 Scottish inventions that we couldn’t do without.

Regardless of your political views, there's one thing that cannot be denied, and that's the huge contribution to the advancement of the modern world made by Scottish inventors, scientists and ...

Football was invented in Scotland – and not England – according to a new book. Claims to the origin of the beautiful game have been hotly contested, with many believing it to be the formation ...

It seems that France--not Scotland--is the true "home of golf." This claim, made in the recently published book Golf Through the Ages, has rocked the golf world. The very notion that someplace ...

It might seem like a purely American invention - mounds of sweet treats, costumes and trick or treating - but Halloween actually has its origins in Scotland. Yes, we've given the world television ...