June: 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 sides
June: Andy Murray will defend his Wimbledon title at SW19
June: 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 March
July: Scotland's national stadium will host a Diamond League athletics event for the first time. The football ground has been renovated for the Commonwealth Games
July: The Scottish Open will be staged at Royal Aberdeen a week before the Open Championship at Royal Liverpool
July: The Queen's Baton, held here by retired cyclist Sir Chris Hoy, will arrive in Scotland ahead of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games
July & 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 sports
July & 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 Trails
July: 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 August
August: Andy Murray will be back at the US Open at Flushing Meadows, where he secured his first Grand Slam title in 2012
September: Scotland's two pro-teams Edinburgh and Glasgow Warriors begin their Pro12 season
September: Scotland's cricketers travel to Dublin for three one-day internationals against Ireland. The series will be new coach Grant Bradburn's first in charge
September: Two teams will compete for the Camanachd Cup in shinty's showpiece final
September: Gleneagles will host the Ryder Cup with Europe, led by Paul McGinley (right), bidding to retain the trophy against Tom Watson's United States team
