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Jamaica’s Antonio Watson Wins World 400m Title! Is This The End For Wayde van Niekerk? – FloTrack
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Heather Watson vs. Katie Boulter | 2023 Nottingham Semifinal | WTA Match Highlights – WTA
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Emma Watson Hasn’t Acted in Nearly Five Years Because She ‘Wasn’t Very Happy’ and ‘Felt a Bit Caged’: I Will ‘Absolutely’ Act Again – Variety
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Browns’ Deshaun Watson on rust
BEREA, Ohio — After struggling in his first game in 700 days, Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson said he expects to be better Sunday against the Cincinnati Bengals.
“I don’t know when it’s going to come back,” Watson said Thursday. “I don’t know if it was going to be last week, this week. My job is to just keep getting better and when it clicks, it clicks, and everyone will feel that.”
Watson served an 11-game suspension for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy by committing sexual assault, as defined by the league, on massage therapists. He also sat out all of last season after demanding a trade from the Houston Texans.
In Week 13, against his former team, Watson failed to lead the Browns to an offensive touchdown. He also completed just 12 of 22 passes for 131 yards and threw an interception in the end zone. Cleveland still won the game 27-14 thanks to a punt return touchdown and two defensive scores.
Watson, who led the NFL with 4,823 passing yards in 2020, said that several of his misfires were due to issues with “mechanics” and “fundamentals.” In addition to saying he still needed to improve his conditioning, Watson admitted it was emotional going to back to Houston on the heels of the suspension.
“The last week, it was a lot. The anticipation to be back on the field. The anticipation of going back to my former team. The anticipation, playing against former teammates and being in front of a crowd that used to cheer for me at the time,” said Watson, who was booed heavily during the game, but also had plenty of fans seeking his autograph before the game kicked off.
“So, all that stuff was definitely, it was a lot. I’m human. So, I definitely have things running through my mind. I’m glad that’s out the way, I’m glad we got the win. I’m just trying to look forward to this week. It’s going to be a hostile environment in Cincinnati. It’s going to be fun and we just got to go out there and just make sure we execute the game plan.”
Watson was suspended after being accused by more than two dozen women of sexual assault and other sexual misconduct during massage sessions. Watson wasn’t charged criminally. He has settled 23 of the civil lawsuits against him; two lawsuits remain active. Watson has denied all wrongdoing in the past, though he has declined to answer questions about the accusations or his league-mandated therapy since returning from the suspension.
The Browns are 5-7 but have won two games in a row to keep their faint playoff hopes alive.
Watson said as he regains his feel, readjusts to the speed of the game and adapts to working with his new receivers as well as Browns coach and offensive playcaller Kevin Stefanski, he will improve off the way he played in Houston — beginning this weekend against the Bengals.
“It was my first time in a live action with Kevin. He’s got to feel how I feel or I got to feel how he feel. And we’ve got to be able to work on the same page and see the same thing through the same lenses,” Watson said. “Every receiver is different. All those guys are different route runners. So being able to know how they’re going to come out when they’re going to come out, how they’re going to come out and where they’re going to be.
“It takes a little bit of time. But I’ve got to be able to adjust quick.”
Deshaun Watson returns from ban, declines to express remorse
HOUSTON (AP) — Deshaun Watson signed autographs, posed for selfies, ignored the boos and earned a sloppy win.
Again, he declined to express remorse for behavior that earned him an 11-game suspension.
Back in his old home to play his first game in 700 days, Watson showed plenty of rust debuting with Cleveland, but the Browns didn’t need him to do much in a 27-14 victory over the Houston Texans on Sunday.
After signing jerseys for Texans and Browns fans and taking pictures with a few more before the game, Watson was overwhelmed with boos once it started. He heard jeers before each snap in the first half and for much of the afternoon.
“They’re supposed to boo. I’m a Cleveland Brown now,” Watson said.
Watson has been accused by more than two dozen women of sexual harassment and assault during massage sessions. He has settled 23 civil lawsuits brought by the women, while two others, including one filed in October, are pending.
Asked if he felt remorseful for his actions in his return to Houston, Watson said his legal team told him not to address questions about his suspension.
“Of course, it was a tough situation,” he said. “The suspension was tough but, at the same time, my main focus was just to try to be 1-0 as a football player today.”
Pressed further, Watson said: “I was just excited to be back on the field today. I did everything I was asked, was required to do. I did all that.”
Watson had several supporters in the stands before the game, while a group of the women who accused him of sexual misconduct also planned to attend. Attorney Tony Buzbee, who represents the women, didn’t respond to a text message seeking to confirm their attendance. He said earlier in the week about 10 women wanted to attend “to kind of make the statement, ’Hey we’re still here. We matter.’”
One fan walked into NRG Stadium wearing a derogatory shirt in Browns colors that includes text saying “I need a massage.” He was joined by a fan wearing Watson’s No. 4 Browns jersey.
Fans in the parking lot set up a fake massage table with a mannequin wearing a red Texans jersey and a towel.
The few fans in their seats when Watson and the Browns jogged onto the field about an hour before kickoff booed.
“It is what it is,” Watson said of the boos. “I can’t control what the fans do. My job is to go out there and execute.”
He didn’t do that too well.
Watson finished 12-of-22 passing for 131 yards and one interception. The three-time Pro Bowl quarterback posted the worst passer rating of his NFL career at 53.4. The Browns (5-7) got two defensive touchdowns and a special teams score to beat the Texans (1-10-1).
After an interception gave the Browns their first possession at their 43, Watson threw two incomplete passes. He spun away from a sack on third down, and fans cheered when his throw to David Bell hit the ground.
Watson’s first completed pass on his third attempt resulted in a turnover when Anthony Schwartz fumbled after a 12-yard gain. Watson later drove the Browns to Houston’s 11 before throwing a pick in the end zone.
“We don’t expect him to be Superman after he hasn’t played in two years,” All-Pro defensive end Myles Garrett said.
Watson sat out the 2021 season after demanding a trade from Houston. After two grand juries in Texas declined to indict him over allegations of sexual harassment and assault, the Browns traded several draft picks to get Watson and then signed him to a fully guaranteed $235 million contract.
During warmups, Watson signed jerseys for fans behind the end zone. An 18-year-old man from East Texas got Watson’s autograph on his Browns jersey. A couple from Houston wearing Texans jerseys also got Watson’s signature on their jerseys.
“We don’t really know what happened and everyone deserves a second chance,” said Sherry Holden, explaining her support.
Several Browns fans said they were uncomfortable rooting for Watson.
“I’m cheering for the jersey and the team but it’s hard to accept him as my quarterback,” said Brandon Collins, who traveled from Ohio for the game.
The NFL wanted to suspend Watson for at least one season but settled for 11 games after an independent arbiter initially gave him a six-game ban. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell pointed to former U.S. District Judge Sue Robinson calling Watson’s behavior “egregious” and “predatory” in seeking the full suspension.
Watson also was fined $5 million and required to undergo professional counseling and therapy. Watson has maintained his innocence but also apologized to the women he impacted and
The Browns went 4-7 with veteran Jacoby Brissett filling in for Watson.
Coach Kevin Stefanski committed to starting Watson next week and emphasized him getting his first game out of the way.
“He looked very sharp in practice and he’s excited for the next one so he understood this one was going to be different,” Stefanski said.
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Deshaun Watson struggles, is booed in return with Browns
HOUSTON — Quarterback Deshaun Watson struggled in his first game back playing against his former team.
Returning from an 11-game suspension for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy by committing sexual assault, as defined by the league, Watson failed to lead the Cleveland Browns on a touchdown drive Sunday against the Houston Texans.
Cleveland still defeated the league’s worst team 27-14 behind two defensive touchdowns and a punt-return score from Donovan Peoples-Jones — the first time in 33 years the Browns scored three non-offensive touchdowns.
Watson completed 12 of 22 passes for 131 yards in his first regular-season game in exactly 700 days. He also threw an interception in the end zone that negated Cleveland’s best offensive scoring opportunity.
Despite NRG Stadium being half-empty, Watson was loudly booed before every Browns snap throughout the game.
“They’re supposed to boo,” Watson said. “I’m a Cleveland Brown now, and we’re on the road, so they’re supposed to boo.”
The Browns traded for Watson in March, sending the Texans three first-round draft picks. Cleveland then signed Watson to a five-year deal worth $230 million guaranteed, the richest contract in NFL history.
Watson demanded a trade from the Texans after the 2020 season. He was then accused by more than two dozen women of sexual assault and other sexual misconduct during massage sessions before he sat out the entire 2021 season.
A few of those women had planned to attend Sunday’s game, according to their attorney Tony Buzbee, who had said he would be at the game with them.
Over the summer, Watson agreed to settle 23 of the 24 civil lawsuits against him. Two lawsuits against him remain outstanding, including one filed on Oct. 13. Two other women filed criminal complaints against Watson but did not sue him.
Watson wasn’t charged criminally. He has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing and said people haven’t been interested in hearing his side of the story.
As part of the suspension settlement between the NFL and the NFL Players Association, Watson also had to pay a $5 million fine and participate in a treatment program.
On Thursday, speaking for the first time since August, Watson refused to answer any “non-football questions.”
After Sunday’s game, Watson was asked whether he had any remorse for the actions the league described as “predatory” and “egregious,” which led to his suspension. Once again, Watson declined to answer those questions.
“That’s something that, legal and clinical, we’ve answered before. And they don’t want me to address anything like that,” he said . “Of course, it was a tough situation. The suspension was tough. But at the same time, my main focus is just trying to be 1-0 as a football player today.
“I was just excited to be back on the field today. I did everything that I was asked and was required to do. I did all that. And I was able to play and be on the field today.”
Watson took a break during his pregame warmup Sunday to sign autographs for fans, some wearing his No. 4 Browns or Texans jersey. Watson also posed for selfies and photographs with fans.
Sarah Flores, a Houston season-ticket holder who had her red Texans No. 4 jersey signed by Watson, said she believed Watson was “100%” innocent of the allegations made against him.
“Somebody as successful as he is would never go and jeopardize his career like that,” she said.
Outside the stadium in the parking lot, a Texans tailgate set up a mock massage table with a mannequin wearing Watson’s Texans jersey with a sign that said, “complimentary unlicensed massages!!! Now serving #4.”
Nearby, a fan was wearing an orange Browns shirt with “FREE WATSON” on the front and “ALL HE WANTED WAS A HAPPY ENDING” on the back. As the fan walked up to NRG Stadium, he led a “Here we go Brownies” chant alongside a pair of women wearing brown-colored Watson jerseys.
Inside, a Texans fan held up a sign that read: “I would rather be 1-9-1 than have Deshaun Watson as my quarterback.”
Stewart Mathieson, a Houston fan from Scotland who bought pregame sideline passes for this game, repurposed his blue Texans Watson jersey with the message “JUSTICE 4 WOMEN.” The front of the jersey had the words “BROWNS SHAME” stitched below the No. 4.
“Some of my Browns friends [in Scotland] have given up supporting the team because of Watson,” said Mathieson, who flew in for the game with his nephew, Christopher. “Am I going to boo him? Yeah, I’m going to boo him.”
Emma Watson Addresses Decades-Long Romance Speculation with Tom Felton
That said, the two didn’t have a magical rapport right away. In fact, Watson admitted in the book that their “relationship didn’t start well.” However, they were able to grow a friendship, which Felton reflects on later in the book.
“I’ve always had a secret love for Emma, though not perhaps in the way that people might want to hear,” he wrote. “That isn’t to say there’s never been a spark between us. There most definitely has, only at different times.”
While nothing romantic formed from that spark, they still have love for each other as friends.
“I don’t think I was ever in love with Emma,” Felton explained, “but I loved and admired her as a person in a way that I could never explain to anybody else.”
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‘Harry Potter’ star Tom Felton reveals he ‘always had a secret love’ for co-star Emma Watson
“Harry Potter” star Tom Felton revealed that he secretly had romantic feelings for his co-star Emma Watson.
The 35-year-old actor admitted that there was “a spark” between him and the 32-year-old actress in his new memoir, “Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard”, obtained by The Evening Standard.
“I loved and admired her as a person in a way I could never explain to anybody else,” he wrote.
“Harry Potter” star Tom Felton revealed that he secretly had romantic feelings for his co-star Emma Watson.
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Watson played heroine Hermione Granger while Felton portrayed her nemesis Draco Malfoy in the mega-hit franchise.
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The two co-starred in all eight of the movies in the series from 2001 to 2011. In his new book, Felton shared that their relationship initially got off to a rocky start when they met as child actors.
He recalled his first encounter with Watson, which took place at an audition when he was 11 and she was 9. Felton wrote that Watson pointed at a boom microphone and asked him, “What’s that?” to which he responded, “It means they are recording us, obviously.”
“My relationship with Emma did not start well,” Felton admitted. “She’d have been forgiven for not wanting much to do with me. It got worse.”
Felton wrote that he mostly avoided Watson after they were cast and spent his lunch breaks smoking cigarettes and listening to rap music with other actors.
Watson played heroine Hermione Granger while Felton portrayed her nemesis Draco Malfoy in the mega-hit franchise.
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“The Flash” star recounted an incident in which he and other cast members mocked Watson when she performed a dance routine for them at lunchtime.
He went on to say that his group was “predictably dismissive”. Felton added that they snickered on their way down to her show and the snickering only became louder during her dance.
“We were just being s***** boys, largely out of awkwardness and because we thought taking the p*** was cool,” Felton explained.
“I did feel like a bit of a d**k, and rightly so. In the end, it was up to one of the hair and makeup ladies to tell me what was what.”
Felton and Watson eventually became close friends and the pair have been the subject of romance rumors for years. In his memoir, Felton explained that the speculation wasn’t entirely baseless.
“I’ve always had a secret love for Emma, though not perhaps in the way that people might want to hear,” Felton said.
Felton said that he learned that Watson had a crush on him for the first time when he was 15 and she was 12. Watson and Felton are pictured in 2003.
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“That isn’t to say that there’s never been a spark between us. There most definitely has, only at different times.”
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Felton said that he learned that Watson had a crush on him for the first time when he was 15 and she was 12. Though he insisted that his feelings for Watson were purely platonic, Felton said that his girlfriend at the time suspected otherwise.
“Rumours started to abound that there was more to our relationship than we were letting on. I denied that I liked her in that way, but the truth was different.”
He continued, “My girlfriend at the time knew straight away that there was something unspoken between us. I remember using the familiar old line, ‘I love her like a sister.’ But there was more to it than that.”
Upon reflection, Felton said he doesn’t think he was “ever in love with Emma”.
“But I loved and admired her as a person in a way that I could never explain to anybody else … we were kindred spirits.”
“I know for certain I’ll always have Emma’s back and she’ll always have mine too.”
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