WASHINGTON - PRESIDENT Barack Obama said on Friday that efforts appeared to be 'on target' for winning approval for an economic stimulus plan to boost the ailing economy but some differences remained to be worked out.
MELBOURNE - ANA Ivanovic's hopes of a return trip to the Australian Open final fell apart in a barrage of mistakes on Friday as Russia's Alisa Kleybanova ousted her 7-5, 6-7 (5), 6-2 in the third round.
MELBOURNE - SECURITY at the Australian Open was again under scrutiny on Friday when a male streaker interrupted a doubles match involving the Williams sisters, Venus and Serena.
LONDON - ENGLAND and Liverpool midfielder Steven Gerrard told a court on Friday he would plead not guilty to assaulting a man in a bar brawl in December.
The Liverpool captain was arrested in the early hours of Dec 29 after police were called to the Lounge Bar nightclub in Southport, north of Liverpool in northwest England.
