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MELBOURNE - A superb solo effort by Shane Watson with the bat enabled Australia to overcome a sloppy fielding effort and beat England in the opening one-day international at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday.
One of the few Australians to emerge with his reputation intact after the Ashes disaster, Watson's brilliant unbeaten 161 enabled the home side to chase down England's imposing total of 294 from 49.4 overs with five balls to spare. Fittingly, the right-hander hit the

SYDNEY - Australian opener Shane Watson is dreading the prospect of a record third innings defeat against a rampant England in the last day of the final Sydney Ashes Test on Friday. As his teammates prepare to face defeat on Friday in front of the bellowing Barmy Army visiting support, Watson said the prospect of a third humiliation at the hands of the old enemy is difficult to take. "It's not great, is it? In the end, we are doing our absolute best and it hasn't been good enough,"

MELBOURNE - All rounder Shane Watson conceded Australia had all but lost the Ashes on Tuesday and admitted the side's abysmal performance in the fourth test was enough to turn fans away from the game.
The five-test series is level at 1-1 but holders England need only scoop the remaining four wickets, three if the injured Ryan Harris opts against batting, to become the first side to win the Ashes on Australian soil in 24 years.
"It's very shattering to be in the position we

Opera star Russell Watson was in such agony during his battle with brain cancer, he considered leaping to his death from a hotel balcony. The tenor was diagnosed with a pituitary gland growth in 2005, and was devastated when the tumour returned two years later.
He won his fight against the disease in 2007 following surgery, but Watson admits his ordeal brought him close to giving up on life. The singer tells, "I am quite religious and I remember really praying and demanding, 'Why

BRISBANE: Australia have a problem sustaining pressure on opposition batsmen, allrounder Shane Watson admitted Sunday after his side let slip a huge lead against England.
Centurions Andrew Strauss (110) and Alastair Cook put on England's highest ever partnership at Brisbane's Gabba ground to lead the team out of trouble and overturn a 221-run first innings deficit in the first Ashes Test. The tourists finished the day on 309 for one, with Cook unbeaten on 132 and Jonathan Trott

Emma Watson "felt sick" and "emotional" when she realised she had amassed a multi-million pound fortune from the Harry Potter movies - and immediately enrolled on an accountancy course.
The actress had no idea what she was being paid to portray Hermione Granger in the wizard movie franchise until she was 17 or 18 when her father sat her down for the "money conversation".
And Watson, who had previously been living off a £50-a-week allowance, admits she enrolled on a course at