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A star-studded Belgium will take on Canada in a FIFA World Cup Group F fixture at the Al Rayyan Stadium on Thursday midnight

Marin Cilic took to Facebook to apologise to his fans and organisers of the tournament.

Olivier Award-winning British theater director Howard Davies, who had hits in London and Broadway directing Kathleen Turner in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," Lindsay Duncan in "Private Lives," and Kevin Spacey in both "A Moon for the Misbegotten" and "The Iceman Cometh," has died. He was 71.

Sharen K. Davis (costume designer), Roger Ross William (documentary), Laura Karpman, (music) and Kevin Collier (sound) are also part of the newly constituted board.

Slate may have declared 2014 "the year of outrage," but if you thought online discourse would mellow from that point - well, you were wildly mistaken.

The manslaughter trial of a Baltimore policeman accused over the death in custody of African-American Freddie Gray was declared a mistrial Wednesday after the jury failed to reach a verdict, putting the city on edge.

Baltimore detectives probing the death of a US black man who died from injuries sustained in police custody have handed their investigation over to prosecutors, officials said Thursday.

Second-ranked Novak Djokovic won 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-2 to improve his career record against Tomas Berdych to 17-2. The best-of-five series will now be decided in the final match between Radek Stepanek and Serbian cup rookie Dusan Lajovic.

Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek defeated Nenad Zimonjic and Ilija Bozoljac 6-2, 6-4, 7-6 (4) on the indoor hard-court at Belgrade Arena. The victory improved the Czech pair's impressive cup doubles record to 14-1.

Novak Djokovic overcame some early nerves to beat Radek Stepanek 7-5, 6-1, 6-4 in the first singles match and Tomas Berdych then swept past rookie Dusan Lajovic 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 on the indoor hard court at Belgrade Arena.

Playing in the final for the third time in five years, the Czechs also named 44th-ranked Lukas Rosol, Radek Stepanek (46) and Jan Hajek (109) to face 2010 champions Serbia led by world number two Novak Djokovic.

Defending champions, the Czechs won their eighth Davis Cup tie in a row when they swept Argentina in the semi-finals in Prague, while 2010 champions Serbia, led by world number one Djokovic, saw off Canada.

Berdych and Stepanek dispatched Carlos Berlocq and Horacio Zeballos 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 to improve their formidable record in Davis Cup doubles to 13-1, and ensure the Czechs will defend their title against Serbia or Canada in the final in November.

The towering Berdych, who led the Czechs to glory in the team competition last year against Spain, pulled out after injuring a shoulder in a quarter-final loss to Richard Gasquet in Miami last week.

Only two of these are fabled tennis arenas and the Davis Cup, celebrating its 114th birthday, will be heading away from the sport's heartlands when the United States face Serbia in April's quarter-finals.

A star-studded Belgium will take on Canada in a FIFA World Cup Group F fixture at the Al Rayyan Stadium on Thursday midnight

Marin Cilic took to Facebook to apologise to his fans and organisers of the tournament.

Olivier Award-winning British theater director Howard Davies, who had hits in London and Broadway directing Kathleen Turner in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," Lindsay Duncan in "Private Lives," and Kevin Spacey in both "A Moon for the Misbegotten" and "The Iceman Cometh," has died. He was 71.

Sharen K. Davis (costume designer), Roger Ross William (documentary), Laura Karpman, (music) and Kevin Collier (sound) are also part of the newly constituted board.

Slate may have declared 2014 "the year of outrage," but if you thought online discourse would mellow from that point - well, you were wildly mistaken.

The manslaughter trial of a Baltimore policeman accused over the death in custody of African-American Freddie Gray was declared a mistrial Wednesday after the jury failed to reach a verdict, putting the city on edge.

Baltimore detectives probing the death of a US black man who died from injuries sustained in police custody have handed their investigation over to prosecutors, officials said Thursday.

Second-ranked Novak Djokovic won 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-2 to improve his career record against Tomas Berdych to 17-2. The best-of-five series will now be decided in the final match between Radek Stepanek and Serbian cup rookie Dusan Lajovic.

Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek defeated Nenad Zimonjic and Ilija Bozoljac 6-2, 6-4, 7-6 (4) on the indoor hard-court at Belgrade Arena. The victory improved the Czech pair's impressive cup doubles record to 14-1.

Novak Djokovic overcame some early nerves to beat Radek Stepanek 7-5, 6-1, 6-4 in the first singles match and Tomas Berdych then swept past rookie Dusan Lajovic 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 on the indoor hard court at Belgrade Arena.

Playing in the final for the third time in five years, the Czechs also named 44th-ranked Lukas Rosol, Radek Stepanek (46) and Jan Hajek (109) to face 2010 champions Serbia led by world number two Novak Djokovic.

Defending champions, the Czechs won their eighth Davis Cup tie in a row when they swept Argentina in the semi-finals in Prague, while 2010 champions Serbia, led by world number one Djokovic, saw off Canada.

Berdych and Stepanek dispatched Carlos Berlocq and Horacio Zeballos 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 to improve their formidable record in Davis Cup doubles to 13-1, and ensure the Czechs will defend their title against Serbia or Canada in the final in November.

The towering Berdych, who led the Czechs to glory in the team competition last year against Spain, pulled out after injuring a shoulder in a quarter-final loss to Richard Gasquet in Miami last week.

Only two of these are fabled tennis arenas and the Davis Cup, celebrating its 114th birthday, will be heading away from the sport's heartlands when the United States face Serbia in April's quarter-finals.