Soccer: The Scottish and Welsh football associations will hold talks in February over the prospect of co-hosting the 2016 European Championship after confirming "tentative" discussions over launching a joint bid for the event have taken place.
The SFA have also held talks with Northern Ireland and IFA president Raymond Kennedy is keen for more discussions, though he admits their facilities are not up to scratch.
Scotland's long-standing dream of staging the finals appeared to have ended in September when Uefa announced they were increasing the number of participants from 16 to 24 in eight years' time.
The country lacks the infrastructure to host an expanded tournament but the SFA are looking to link up with one of their near neighbours in the hope a combined bid will be successful.
In a statement, the SFA said: "As we've always said, we would love to host the European Championship in Scotland.
"However, we realise it's a huge undertaking and, as far as 2016 goes, we simply couldn't host it by ourselves.
"We're meeting with the other Home Nations at the International Football Association board meeting in Belfast in February. I'm sure it's something we'll discuss.
"If there was a feeling that a bid was a possibility, we would then commission a feasibility study."
Talks between the SFA and the FAW over a joint bid have been mooted for more than a year, with the latter revealing in April 2007 they hoped to enter into discussions.
However, this is the first time the SFA have confirmed such talks.
An FAW spokesman said "very tentative" discussions have been ongoing for some time.
FAW secretary general David Collins said on the BBC's website: "The matter is on the agenda for our council meeting next week."
IFA president Kennedy, meanwhile, said: "I would be delighted if we were part of any bid for a championship that would give us some games.
"But, frankly, I do not think we are in that position at the moment because we do not have any stadiums that are suitable.
"Hopefully things might change in that respect and we will have a new national stadium in about two years' time."
He added: "We are due to meet the Scots in other business in the new year and would be prepared to have more formal talks then about a possible bid for the championship.
"At the moment, we have held only tentative discussions about the situation. It is certainly an interesting idea."
Uefa decided in September to expand the European Championship finals from 2016.
Current SFA chief Gordon Smith had lobbied for the change, despite admitting it would rule his country out of bidding individually for future tournaments.
However, as the expansion gives Scotland a much better chance of qualifying, Smith felt it was a sacrifice worth making.
