Swann hails amazing Ashes win

England spinner Graeme Swann heralded an amazing series after England retained the Ashes in Melbourne.
Swann took one of the three wickets needed to wrap up a first successful series in Australia for 24 years, as England recorded a crushing innings and 57-run win at the MCG.
Chris Tremlett snared Mitchell Johnson, Swann had Peter Siddle caught in the deep and Tim Bresnan took the historic wicket of Ben Hilfenhaus to kickstart the celebrations.
It's been an amazing series, Swann told Sky Sports. It's fluctuated so wildly. After the hammering we got in Perth it took a mammoth effort to come back.
I think the difference to me is we had a few more guys in good nick with bat and ball. They have some unbelievable players but Ricky Ponting has not had a good score, how we've managed that I'll never know and he's one of the best players going.
I was hoping I'd take the last wicket, but it's fitting that 'Bres' got it. I'm over the moon. I...

Eight picks, eight correct, eight tentacles. Paul the Oracle Octopus is clearly the biggest winner of the World Cup after recording a perfect prognostication record whether he knows it or not (he probably doesn't).

The big question was whether Paul's predictive superpowers would translate to the final - the first match he was asked to predict that did not involve his native Germany. But such piddly concerns did not bother Paul. Mostly because he's an octopus. Just as he predicted, the European champions Spain became world champions for the first time with an Andres Iniesta goal in extra time. And as the Spanish celebrated, Paul floated in his tank, sure of his genius and probably craving a fresh clam.

Since Paul is an international celebrity of the highest order now, everyone wants a piece of him - both literally and figuratively. Italy is trying to claim that he was caught in Italian waters, Spanish businessmen are trying to buy him for €30,000 ($38,000), and Dutch priests tried to...

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