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Laura Muir smashes 31-year-old British indoor mile record

BBC SPORT REPORT: Scot Laura Muir smashed Kirsty Wade’s 31-year-old British record to win the women’s indoor mile in Birmingham. The 25-year-old finished in four minutes 18.75 seconds, breaking Wade’s mark of 4:23.86. Muir told BBC Sport: “I knew I was in great shape. It was about winning the race, but also about running fast. “I’m so chuffed to get the record on home soil. I knew the split halfway and knew I was there and thereabouts. The crowd were fantastic.” Her time was the third fastest indoors in history,…

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Scotland ran in five tries to begin their GUINNESS 2019 Six Nations Championship campaign with a victory over Italy. It was only the third time since the championship became a contest between six nations in 2000 that Scotland had won their opening fixture – 2006 and 2017 were the previous entries in that ledger. *Video Embed from You Tube url: https://www.youtube.com/embed/C5Hqso2v5J0 Scottish Rugby Union Report: http://www.scottishrugby.org/match-report/scotland-vs-italy-sat-02022019-1415 BBC Report: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/46799568 BBC Highlights: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/rugby-union/47104387

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James Hutton FRSE (3 June 1726 – 26 March 1797) was a Scottish geologist, physician, chemical manufacturer, naturalist, and experimental agriculturalist. He originated the theory of uniformitarianism—a fundamental principle of geology—that explains the features of the Earth’s crust by means of natural processes over geologic time. Hutton’s work established geology as a science, and as a result he is referred to as the “Father of Modern Geology”. Through observation and carefully reasoned geological arguments, Hutton came to believe that the Earth was perpetually being formed; he recognised that the history…

Robert I (11 July 1274 – 7 June 1329), popularly known as Robert the Bruce, was King of Scots from 1306 until his death in 1329. Robert was one of the most famous warriors of his generation, and eventually led Scotland during the First War of Scottish Independence against England. He fought successfully during his reign to regain Scotland’s place as an independent country and is today revered in Scotland as a national hero. Descended from the Anglo-Norman and Gaelic nobility, his paternal fourth-great grandfather was King David I. Robert’s…

BBC Scotland Report: Giovani dos Santos’ early goal was enough to ensure a victory for World Cup-bound Mexico as Scotland ended their Americas tour with two defeats. Dos Santos’ side-footed finish off the inside of a post came after only 13 minutes in the Estadio Azteca. Miguel Layun and Hirving Lozano both hit the woodwork for Mexico. Scotland’s Oli McBurnie did the same, but it was the hosts who dominated and Oribe Peralta also had the ball in the net but was flagged offside. Mexico improved on their midweek 0-0…

Results in the Gold Coast may mark Scotland’s finest Commonwealth Games achievement, according to performance director Mike Whittingham. Fifty-three medals were won in Glasgow four years ago – nine more than in Australia this time round. Report Below From; https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/43782136 But Whittingham points out that, in 2014, 13 medals were won in judo, which was not included in the Gold Coast. “You could deduct those 13. That’s almost, arguably, the best-ever result by a Scottish team,” he said. It was Scotland’s second highest medal tally – and highest at an…

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