June: Andy Murray will defend his Wimbledon title at SW19August: Andy Murray will be back at the US Open at Flushing Meadows, where he secured his first Grand Slam title in 2012July: Scottish champions Celtic (right), St Johnstone (top left), Motherwell (centre left) and Aberdeen (bottom left) get their European campaigns underway. Celtic go into the Champions League qualifiers while their fellow Scottish representatives are in the Europa League qualifiers. The domestic season begins in earnest in AugustJune: Scotland begin a four-match summer tour, playing USA (bottom right), Canada (top right), Argentina (top left) and then South Africa (bottom left). The Test series will be new Scotland head coach Vern Cotter's first in charge. The New Zealander has chosen two squads, with Greig Laidlaw (centre) in line to face the North American sidesSeptember: Gleneagles will host the Ryder Cup with Europe, led by Paul McGinley (right), bidding to retain the trophy against Tom Watson's United States teamJuly: The Scottish Open will be staged at Royal Aberdeen a week before the Open Championship at Royal LiverpoolJuly: Scotland's national stadium will host a Diamond League athletics event for the first time. The football ground has been renovated for the Commonwealth GamesSeptember: Scotland's cricketers travel to Dublin for three one-day internationals against Ireland. The series will be new coach Grant Bradburn's first in chargeJune: Ricky Burns (right) bids to win the WBC international lightweight title against Dejan Zlaticanin after losing his WBO lightweight belt to Terence Crawford (left) in MarchJuly & August: (clockwise from bottom left) Celtic Park, the newly-built Hydro, Ibrox Stadium and Tollcross International Swimming Centre are some of the venues for the Games. Others include the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, the SECC, the Clyde Auditorium, Scotstoun Stadium, Kelvingrove Lawn Bowls Centre and the Cathkin Braes Mountain Bike TrailsJuly: The Queen's Baton, held here by retired cyclist Sir Chris Hoy, will arrive in Scotland ahead of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth GamesJuly & August: Team Scotland's big moment arrives when the country hosts the Games for the first time since 1986. Sixty-nine other nations will compete across 18 sportsSeptember: Two teams will compete for the Camanachd Cup in shinty's showpiece finalSeptember: Scotland's two pro-teams Edinburgh and Glasgow Warriors begin their Pro12 season