Tag: Watson

Watson fires 62 to seize WGC lead

Bubba Watson fired a 10-under 62 to seize the second-round lead at the Cadillac Championship on Friday as he and playing partner Justin Rose...

Watson vows to carry tired Aussies

Stand-in Australian captain Shane Watson vowed on Friday to lead from the front with his team battling fatigue after a gruelling summer, as they...

‘Sherlock’ stars deny homosexual undertones between Holmes, Watson

The lead actors in BBC’s ‘Sherlock’ have once again insisted that there is no on-screen romance between the legendary detective Holmes and his sidekick...

Watson suffers fresh injury setback

Shane Watson has suffered a setback in his bid to regain fitness in time for Australia's Test series opener against India but he is...

Emma Watson begins Oxford classes

Actress Emma Watson has started her classes at Britain’s Oxford University. The 21-year-old, best known for playing witch Hermione Granger in the ‘Harry Potter’...

Watson helps Australia win T20 opener

Half-century from Shane Watson helped Australia make an encouraging start to their tour of South Africa as they won the opening Twenty20 in Cape...

Sharapova wary of Watson

Maria Sharapova expects a tough battle against Heather Watson when the pair clash in the opening round of the US Open on Sunday. Guernsey...

Hole-in-one for Tom Watson at Open

Tom Watson stole the show as the second round of the British Open got under way on Friday, sinking a hole-in-one at the 169-yard,...

Watson fears for Woods’ game

Tom Watson fears fellow American golf great Tiger Woods may not be the same player ever again if his compatriot is forced into replacement...

Watson leads Rajasthan to victory

Shane Watson’s all-round show helped compatriot Shane Warne sign off his professional cricket career with a thumping win as the Rajasthan Royals routed Mumbai...

Watson clinches New Orleans trophy

Long-hitting Bubba Watson maintained ice-cool composure to clinch his third PGA Tour title in a gripping playoff with fellow American Webb Simpson for the...

Hussey, Watson take Australia to 361-8

DHAKA - Michael Hussey hit an impressive hundred and Shane Watson made a quickfire half-century as Australia posted 361-8 in the third and final one-day international against Bangladesh on Wednesday.
Hussey cracked two sixes and nine fours in a 91-ball 108 for his third one-day hundred, and his first since February 2007, while opener Watson smashed three sixes and 11 fours in his 40-ball 72.
Middle-order batsman Hussey was involved in two useful stands, adding 89 for the

Watson hits record 15 sixes in Aussie win

DHAKA - Shane Watson smashed a record 15 sixes in a career-best 185 not out as Australia clinched a three-match series against Bangladesh with a nine-wicket win in the second one-dayer on Monday. The explosive opener gave a superb display of power-hitting as he also cracked 15 fours in his 96-ball knock to help Australia achieve a 230-run target with 24 overs to spare for an unbeatable 2-0 lead. West Indies' Xavier Marshall was the previous record-holder with 12 sixes against Canada

Ruthless Watson destroys Bangladesh

DHAKA - Shane Watson smashed a record 15 sixes in a career-best 185 not out as Australia clinched a three-match series against Bangladesh with a nine-wicket win in the second one-dayer on Monday.
The explosive opener gave a superb display of power-hitting as he also cracked 15 fours in his 96-ball knock to help Australia achieve a 230-run target with 24 overs to spare for an unbeatable 2-0 lead.
West Indies' Xavier Marshall was the previous record-holder with 12 sixes

Watson looking to new era

DHAKA - Australia's vice-captain Shane Watson on Wednesday said he was looking forward to an "exciting" new era as his beleaguered side tries to move on from an early exit in the cricket World Cup.
"It's very disappointing not to get through further than what we did in the World Cup. Unfortunately, that's been done with and we have got to move on," Watson said ahead of a three-match one-day series against Bangladesh.
"We have got three games in Bangladesh with a new captain

Watson relishing Hussey’s return

BANGALORE - Australia all-rounder Shane Watson believes the call-up of Michael Hussey is "brilliant" news for the defending champions as they chase a fourth straight World Cup title and fifth in all. Veteran batsman Hussey, 35, was named in Australia's original 15-man squad but then dropped because of a hamstring injury that needed surgery. However, he has since recovered and the Western Australia left-hander has got his chance after being summoned to the sub-continent as a

Watson triumphs at Torrey Pines

SAN DIEGO - American Bubba Watson held off late charges by Phil Mickelson and Venezuela's Jhonattan Vegas to clinch his second PGA Tour title with an emotional one-shot victory at the Farmers Insurance Open on Sunday. Left-hander Watson coolly birdied the par-five last to keep his challengers at bay as he closed with a sparkling five-under-par 67 on the tricky South Course at Torrey Pines.
The long-hitting 32-year-old, a stroke off the pace going into the final round, got up and