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bayern confirm klinsmann succession no mercy for marion... disgraced sprinter given six month prison sentence... record-equalling roddick... andy warms up for melbourne with third straight kooyong title... but first it's federer who has a third australian open in his sights... tennis federer soundbite: (english) "like, you know, the first question, the danger always looms around, you know, the first few rounds because you know you want to get the feeling for the court, the balls. it's been a year. you come back with a lot of pressure trying to defend the points. there's always a lot of pressure, but somehow i always get through. you know, i got the right approach and i'm confident. i got different styles of play i can use, you know, to win matches. always in the first round, you know, i don't play against a fellow top 10 player, which helps obviously. this is also one of the reasons i always maybe played very well throughout the grand slam. " supercaption: roger federer, world number one. soundbite: (english) "i prefer the blue over the green, absolutely. i think it looks nicer on tv. it's nicer on your eyes when you play. the stadium looks just more friendly, more nice. the green was very much too green from my point of view. especially when the lights were on, it's very a very strange place to play, especially at night sessions sometimes. so i really prefer the blue over the green. super caption: roger federer, two-time australian open defending champion. soundbite: (english) "the usual guys, you know: the guys ranked behind me, so. what do you want me to tell you? q. is there one particular one you're worried about, perhaps? "well, rafael nadal, by surprise. guys, come on." supercaption: roger federer, 12 career grand slam titles. tennis kooyong *no access chile, croatia, switzerland and australia. andy roddick was bidding to land his third successive kooyong classic title as he took on marcos baghdatis in the final of the melbourne tournament on saturday. baghdatis, who beat the world number six on his way to the australian open final in 2006, began in solid fashion. roddick struggled to see out the 11th game, wasting three game points on his serve to make it 6-5, before completing the job with this forehand. baghdatis then waivered on his own serve - and the first set went the american's way. the cypriot was broken again in the fourth game of the second set and roddick was in sight of victory. the 25-year-old closed out the match as he had started it, with a trademark ace. the 7-5, 6-3 win sees roddick match michael chang's record as the only players to seal three straight titles at the australian open tune-up event. athletics jones the highest profile sports star to admit using steroids, disgraced us sprinter marion jones has failed in her plea for mercy after being sentenced to six months in prison by a new york court. the 32-year-old mother of two, flanked by husband and athlete obadele thompson on her court appearance last friday, now has until the end of march to turn herself over to authorities. having pleaded guilty to charges of lying about steroid use and a cheque-fraud scheme involving former partner and 100-metre runner tim montgomery, jones had asked us district court judge kenneth karas to be 'as merciful as a human being can be', begging not to be separated from her two young sons. however, karas gave jones six months for lying about steroid use and two months for misleading federal investigators about the cheque fraud - the sentences are to run concurrently. soccer munich bayern munich have ended months of speculation about their new manager by announcing that juergen klinsmann will replace ottmar hitzfeld at the end of the season. however, klinsmann, who has not coached since guiding germany to the semi-finals of the 2006 world cup, could, it seems, just as easily have taken the helm at liverpool. the english giants' american co-owner tom hicks has revealed the club sounded out the 43-year-old over the anfield job in case their relationship with current boss rafa benitez broke down, or the spaniard moved elsewhere. klinsmann hinted at the talks at his unveiling, but is happy with the way things have turned out. soundbite (english) "it's definitely a huge honour and pleasure to have the opportunity to coach bayern munich. it's the number one club in this country and it's a privilege to be the coach here and i'm looking forward to it. i had other options as well but this is by far the best opportunity i could get." supercaption: juergen klinsmann klinsmann, who played for munich between 1995 and '97, has been living in california, but is promising to move back to germany by the time he replaces hitzfeld on july 1st.