"Make 700 and bowl them out for under 150 on the last day," Buchanan told a news conference when asked about his team's strategy.
World number six Marin Cilic will be the biggest international star in the singles field at the upcoming Chennai Open, the only ATP 250 tournament in India.
Many women find the re-branding effort patronising as opposed to inviting. Social media has already started ripping the campaign to shreds.
The more Shane Warne demons we can get in England's dressing room the better, said Justin Langer
She's sexy and she knows it!
Manchester United and Chelsea secured places in the Champions League with wins on the final day of the Premier League season while Watford and Bournemouth were relegated along with bottom club Norwich City.
A US federal court in Gatlin's hometown of Pensacola, Florida, held a one-day hearing on a request for a preliminary injunction that would allow the 26-year-old Gatlin to take part in the trials in Eugene, Oregon. Gatlin, who attended the hearing dressed in a brown suit and was accompanied by family members, was suspended for four years after testing positive in 2006 for the male sex hormone testosterone.
Defending champion Serena Williams was knocked out by Jelena Jankovic in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open.
Unheralded Americans Justin Hicks and Kevin Streelman upstaged tournament favourites Tiger Woods at the US Open.
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Serena Williams and Justine Henin fought off nerves and tricky conditions in their first-round matches at the Australian Open.
The South Africa all-rounder has been ruled out of the second Test against Australia after failing a fitness test on Christmas Day.
As Steve Smith and David Warner padded up at suburban Sydney cricket grounds over the weekend, the warm spring sunshine may have seemed fitting weather for the banned Australian cricketers to take a small but important step in their rehabilitation.
Australia coach Justin Langer compared Virat Kohli with Sachin Tendulkar and said the Indian captain's balance while playing 360 degree shots in all formats of the game is 'unbelievable'.
Usain Bolt completed another 100-200 double at the IAAF World Championships when he bested rival Justin Gatlin to the 200 metres title at the Bird's Nest.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
Justine Henin-Hardenne battled her way to a 6-7, 6-4, 6-3 victory over Russia's Nadia Petrova to leave the countries level at 1-1 in Fed Cup
The unseeded Ostapenko, 20, downed Romanian third seed Simona Halep 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the final, hitting a staggering 54 winners and taking her tournament tally to 299.
The eight-times Olympic gold-medallist sprinter has been enlisted to send the field off for the pre-race formation lap at the US Grand Prix in Austin, Texas.
Australia coach Justin Langer lamented a lack of world-class batsmen in his side's line-up and pointed out that Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara have been the difference for the visitors in the ongoing four-match Test series.
Captain Ricky Ponting believes Shane Watson could replace retired opening batsman Justin Langer in Australia's Test side.
Rose, the 2013 US Open champion, conjured up seven birdies, including two at the last two holes, in a day's best round of 67.
Serena Williams beat France's Mathilde Johansson 6-2, 7-5 while Andy Murray disposed clay-specialist Jose Acasuso 6-4, 6-0, 6-4.
Despite their first-leg advantage, Pochettino warned against complacency and said he wanted his team to play for another win, although they have had one day less to prepare than the Germans.
The 22-year-old completed only half his quota of overs in Sunday's second one-day international against Pakistan in Sharjah before he was forced off the field having dislocated his bowling shoulder when trying to save a boundary.
Responding to Trump's tweet labelling the leading social network platform "anti-Trump", the Facebook CEO and founder said the social media platform had tried to be neutral in the US elections.
A ball-tampering scandal that devastated Australia cast a dark cloud over a dramatic cricketing year
Australia captain more relieved than happy after his first win as Test captain
Australia were 229 for three in their first innings, trailing West Indies by 176 runs
Justine Henin began the defence of her Eastbourne International title in fine style on Wednesday, beating Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska 6-4, 6-1 and looking every inch a grasscourt player.
Justin Rose reeled off six birdies in eight holes to share the first-round lead at the US Masters while Tiger Woods laboured to stay in touch on Thursday. Rose, who led after the first two rounds in 2004, shrugged off two early bogeys to fire a four-under-par 68 in bright sunshine on a soft Augusta National layout playing extra long.
South Africa called up the uncapped Johan Botha as part of a three-pronged spin attack for the five-match one-day international tour of India.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday
The Australian opener said he hoped the world team would react better if they lost the Super Test.
The South African selectors announced four changes to the tour squad with Justin Kemp, Albie Morkel, Johan Botha and Charl Langeveldt replacing Paul Harris, Dale Steyn, Ashwell Prince and Hashim Amla.
Francesco Molinari kept the coolest head in Carnoustie as he steered a steady course through a wild afternoon of nailbiting tension at the British Open on Sunday to become the first Italian major champion.
Nine months on from the Cape Town ball-tampering scandal, fans will turn up to Adelaide Oval as always, some having ducked out early from their workplaces in a city that loves the sport like few others.
The world braced up to a post-Bolt era but for India there was no momentous change as the country's athletes did nothing for the global audience to take note of.
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