The United States failed to advance past the group stage at the Under-17 World Cup for the second time in three tournaments, losing to the Netherlands 4-0 on Saturday night at Goiania, Brazil.

Sontje Hansen scored in the 42nd and 51st minutes, and the Dutch got late goals from Mohamed Taabouni in the 70th and Jayden Braaf in the 86th.

The Americans finished with a draw, two losses and a minus-7 goal difference, their worst at the FIFA Under-17 event, topping their minus-5 in 2001. The U.S. opened with a 4-1 loss to Senegal, then tied Japan 0-0. The U.S. would have advanced with a win over the Dutch in its Group D finale.

Gianluca Busio, who made his Major League Soccer debut for Sporting Kansas City in 2018, scored the Americans' only goal of the tournament. The roster included Gio Reyna, a son of former U.S. national team captain Claudio Reyna, and the team was coached by Raphael Wicky, who took over from John Hackworth.

After advancing to the knockout rounds five straight times from 2003-11, the U.S. failed to qualify for the 2013 tournament in the United Arab Emirates and was knocked out in the group stage of the 2015 event in Chile after losing twice and drawing once. The Americans advanced as a third-place nation two years ago in India, beat Paraguay in the round of 16 and lost 4-1 to eventual champion England in the quarterfinals.

Japan beat Senegal 1-0 in Cariacica and won the group with seven points, one more than Senegal. The Netherlands finished with three points and could advance depending on third-place nations in other groups.

Jose Mourinho should be worried. Never before have so many major European clubs been in need of a big-name manager to restore them to greatness but, as yet, none of them have been tempted to give the Special One the chance to prove he is still special.

AC Milan, Bayern Munich, Arsenal, Tottenham -- powerful clubs with status, ambition and history are all drifting towards failure and mediocrity, but Mourinho's availability hasn't tempted any of them to hire the two-time Champions League winner and multiple domestic champion.

Juventus and Inter Milan (whom Mourinho guided to a Treble in 2010) have both changed coaches this year and gone for other former Chelsea managers in Maurizio Sarri and Antonio Conte respectively, while AS Roma have also recruited a new coach, but their choice of a Portuguese manager led them to Paulo Fonseca rather than Mourinho.

It is now almost a year since Mourinho was sacked by Manchester United, less than 24 hours after a 3-1 defeat at Liverpool which left his team languishing in sixth position in the Premier League -- a position many at United would perhaps now gleefully accept after another defeat this weekend left Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's men in 10th.

Since leaving Old Trafford, Mourinho has tried his hand at punditry, despite previously accusing former players and managers of choosing a "comfortable" life in the television studio because it is "better to have lots of holidays in Barbados and go to the television screen and touch the electronic dummies" than endure the pressure of management.

He has been linked with a return to coaching on several occasions, with reports, in no particular order, of interest from: Arsenal, Benfica, Real Madrid, Spurs, Inter, Roma, Lyon, Newcastle United, Valencia, Everton, Wolves and Boca Juniors. But even if there was a grain of truth in just a quarter of those links, the fact remains that Mourinho is still without a job after almost a year on the sidelines.

The Bayern job, which would hand Mourinho the chance to win a domestic title in a fifth European league, has become available this weekend following the sacking of coach Niko Kovac in the wake of a 5-1 defeat at Eintracht Frankfurt, but the common consensus in Germany is that former RB Leipzig coach Ralf Rangnick or Ajax coach Erik ten Hag will be hired to replace the Croatian.

It looks as though another big job will come and go without Mourinho even being in the conversation, but has his reputation been tarnished to the point where he won't be considered by Europe's biggest clubs again?

Mourinho's last two jobs, at Chelsea and then United, ended with sources at both clubs telling ESPN FC that players and staff had grown tired of his abrasive approach and habit of blaming all those around him, in the dressing room and boardroom, for the team's failings. When he was sacked by United last December, one source said that Solskjaer was hired primarily as the "anti-venom" following Mourinho's acrimonious final months at the club.

With Mourinho making enemies at the training ground and among the hierarchy at United, as he did at Chelsea, there was little affection for him at Old Trafford or Stamford Bridge once it all came to an end. And at United, in particular, the Mourinho brand of football -- direct, negative and lacking in flair -- prompted criticism from supporters.

With a reputation for upsetting players, directors and supporters alike, it is unsurprising there are currently few takers for Mourinho among Europe's biggest clubs. But at some point, it is inevitable that one of them will blink first and judge Mourinho on his record rather than his reputation.

He has won every major club honour at least once as a coach, yet it is when it comes to the biggest trophies that Mourinho really stands apart: Two Champions Leagues, three Premier Leagues, two Serie A titles, a La Liga title with Real Madrid and four League Cups in England.

When big clubs are struggling, the determination to win silverware again is what drives them to make changes and it is what will eventually lead to Mourinho being brought back in from the cold.

Sources at Arsenal have insisted that they have had no contact with Mourinho as a possible replacement for Unai Emery, but Mourinho would be a significant upgrade on the Spaniard. While Real Madrid, where Zinedine Zidane will always be only two bad results away from a crisis, are another club that will ultimately look at Mourinho's trophy-winning credentials, even if they've had firsthand experience of how things can fall apart under his watch.

Even if Mourinho does land another big job sooner rather than later, his year out should be a warning that he needs to change and become less confrontational and divisive. Otherwise, his next big job might be his last.

After hazardous air-pollution levels threatened to disrupt the first T20I between India and Bangladesh in Delhi, there is the very real possibility of a cyclone affecting the next match of the series, in Rajkot on Thursday. According to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), Cyclone Maha is expected to make a landfall in Gujarat on November 6, and could cause "heavy or very heavy rains" in the state on November 7, the day of the match.

The good news, though, is that the cyclone "is very likely to intensify further till 5th November morning and weaken gradually thereafter", according to the IMD.

Positioned around central Arabian Sea on Monday morning, just over 600 kilometres from the coast of Gujarat, the cyclone has been moving north-west from close to the Kerala coast for the last five days. It is, however, expected to take a turn towards Gujarat on Tuesday.

The met authorities said that the cyclone had intensified into an Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm and is likely to cross the Gujarat coast around midnight on Wednesday or in the early hours of Thursday. Rajkot, in central Gujarat, is just over 100 kilometres from the coast.

ESCS MAHA centered near 18.3°N/64.6°E. about 670km WSW of Veraval(Gujarat) at 0830IST of 4th november. pic.twitter.com/q9HjLTU1Vz

— India Met. Dept. (@Indiametdept) November 4, 2019

"Severe cyclonic storm Maha lay centered at 580 kilometres southwest of Diu and 550 kms southwest of Veraval," IMD director Jayanta Sarkar told PTI. "It is most likely to intensify into a very severe cyclonic storm and make landfall between Dwarka and Diu on Wednesday night or early Thursday morning with wind speeds of 120 kilometres per hour.

"The storm will cause heavy to very heavy rains in Saurashtra [the region of which Rajkot is a part] and south Gujarat on November 6-7. It is moving towards Oman but will recurve towards Gujarat coast on Monday."

Bangladesh lead the series 1-0 after pulling off a seven-wicket win in the opening fixture.

India B 283 for 7 (Jadhav 86, Jaiswal 54, Vijay Shankar 45, Gowtham 35*, Porel 5-43) beat India C 232 for 9 (Garg 74, Axar 38, Saxena 37*, Nadeem 4-32, Siraj 2-43) by 51 runs

It was the best pitch of the competition, not as bat-first-win-game as the previous fixtures, but a six-and-a-half-over spell early on in India C's chase of India B's 283 for 7, in which they lost four wickets, put paid to their chances of winning the Deodhar Trophy 2019-20 final in Ranchi.

That meant Ishan Porel's five-for for India C went in vain, and Kedar Jadhav's 86 for India B proved to be the defining knock of the match.

India C managed to bat out their overs despite sinking to 77 for 5 in 18 overs - Mayank Agarwal, Virat Singh, Suryakumar Yadav and Dinesh Karthik the batsmen dismissed in that phase - but were always behind the eight-ball, never quite looking like they would pull off an unexpected win with their tail-enders in charge of doing the job with the bat.

Priyam Garg, the 18-year-old batsman, did his bit, seeing out the collapse and batting on till the 30th over for an impressive 74 in 77 balls, with eight fours and a six, but he fell swinging wildly at a Mohammed Siraj delivery that hit leg stump. And then it was over to Axar Patel and Jalaj Saxena, who scored 30s, and Mayank Markande, who played an enterprising innings of 27, to delay the inevitable.

That the chase went off the rails despite Agarwal and Garg adding 54 runs for the second wicket after captain Shubman Gill fell in the second over to Siraj was chiefly down to Shahbaz Nadeem. Agarwal hit Nadeem straight to K Gowtham at cover to fall for 28, and Nadeem then accounted for Yadav (bowled with an arm ball) and Karthik (lbw to another arm ball), while Virat was run out going for a non-existent second run.

It looked like India C were in the hunt, albeit briefly, while Garg and Axar were out there together, adding 63 for the sixth wicket. But it really was only a matter of time before something gave, and that came in the form of Garg's swing against Siraj. Axar was later run out in unfortunate circumstances when a Saxena drive brushed the fingers of Nitish Rana, the bowler, and hit the stumps at the non-striker's end with his bat on the crease. Saxena and Markande hung around, but the game was well over by that stage.

The first half of the match was about a number of good performances with the bat and one excellent show with the ball.

Porel set the ball rolling in the first over after Parthiv Patel won the toss and expectedly opted to bat, getting Ruturaj Gaekwad to edge one to Suryakumar Yadav at first slip to leave for a duck. Porel could have sent Parthiv back in his next over, but the edge flew towards first slip, Karthik flew across, and it went down.

Porel got his man in the ninth over of the innings, though, when he got the ball to angle across Patel and catch the outside edge for Karthik to pull off a sharp diving catch. That left India B at 28 for 2.

Yashasvi Jaiswal and B Aparajith, however, put up stiff resistance in their third-wicket partnership. Jaiswal was particularly impressive, playing some eye-catching drives, cuts and pulls, while Aparajith was more cautious, and the two added 45 runs before Saxena, with nine wickets in two games prior to this one, sent Aparajith back when he missed a full toss to be struck in front.

Jaiswal's half-century came up soon after, but he couldn't build on it, falling in the 25th over when he failed to keep a sweep off Axar down and holed out to Porel at deep fine-leg, his 54 coming from 79 balls with five fours and a six.

Jadhav took charge after that. Rana was just a bystander as the senior pro took on, and took apart, most of the India C bowlers, taking a special liking to Markande, whom he hit for all his four sixes in the innings, giving the young legspinner unflattering figures of 10-0-79-0.

Porel returned to put the brakes on with Rana's wicket, for 20 off 28 balls, but that brought Vijay Shankar to the middle, and between them, Jadhav and Vijay slammed 74 runs in the 9.2 overs they were together. While Jadhav continued to be enterprising, Vijay was positively ruthless, hitting four fours and two sixes in his 33-ball 45 before Porel was back in action, getting him to hit down to long-on.

The show wasn't over, though, as Gowtham walked in and smashed three fours and three sixes in his ten-ball innings, scoring 35 runs to well and truly put India B in the driver's seat going into the break even as Jadhav's innings ended in the final over, with Porel getting him to top-edge a pull to mid-off. Jadhav's 86 came off 94 balls, with four fours and four sixes.

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Results from the Abbott Dash to the Finish Line 5K, Istanbul Marathon, Priory Relays and more

A report on Sunday’s TCS New York City Marathon is here, while Saturday’s Saucony English Cross Country Relays coverage is here and other recent results are listed below.

Abbott Dash to the Finish Line 5K, New York, USA, November 2

Shannon Rowbury and Anthony Rotich claimed US 5km titles by winning the Abbott Dash to the Finish Line 5K.

Rowbury held off Jessica Tonn to win in 15:43, with Tonn coming second in 15:44 followed by Emily Infeld in third in 15:47.

The men’s race was even closer as Rotich won by three tenths of a second ahead of Aaron Templeton, with both athletes timing 13:48, while Eric Jenkins was third in 13:50 and Shadrack Kipchirchir fourth in 13:54.

“This is my first time running here, I just became a US citizen earlier this year, and now this win is the biggest race and win of my career so far,” Rotich said.

Vodafone Istanbul Marathon, Turkey, November 3

Kenya’s Daniel Kibet started as a pacemaker but went on to win in a 2:09:44 course record ahead of Ethiopia’s Yitayal Atnafu in 2:09:58.

Hirut Tibebu (2:23:40) and Tigist Abayechew (2:24:15) claimed an Ethiopia one-two in the women’s race with Kenya’s Maurine Chepkemoi third in 2:24:16.

Beijing Marathon, China, November 3

Mathew Kipkoech Kisorio won in a course record of 2:07:06 as Solomon Kirwa Yego (2:09:45) and Emmanuel Rutto (2:10:15) completed a Kenya top three.

Ethiopia’s Sutume Asefa won the women’s race in 2:23:31 for a big victory ahead of China’s Li Zhixuan (2:29:06) and Ethiopia’s Mulu Seboka (2:29:09).

Marathon des Alpes-Maritimes Nice-Cannes, France, November 3

In wet conditions, Ethiopia’s Alemu Gemechu won in 2:10:57 from Kenya’s Robert Chemosin (2:11:07) and Ethiopia’s Habtamu Arga (2:11:26).

Completing an Ethiopian double, Alemitu Lemi won the women’s race in 2:37:44 ahead of Kenya’s Doris Changeywo in 2:38:17.

Priory Relays, Reigate, November 2

In challenging wet conditions, the fastest individual time for the second year was posted by Lee Caldwell (13:56) who took his Dorking & Mole Valley club to the front to retain the men’s title after Guildford had led for three legs.

Sophie Biggs, with the fourth fastest individual lap time, anchored Stragglers to victory in the women’s race ahead of last year’s winners Belgrave, who led the opening two laps.

Making her debut for Guildford, Carolyne Baxter posted the fastest women’s lap time of 16:16.

Read more from Tom Pollak’s report in the next AW magazine.

North London Championships, Wormwood Scrubs, November 2

Aaron McGrady and Laura Kaye completed a Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets double, also claiming top team prizes at the cross country event.

Run Tatton Park Half Marathon & 10k, Cheshire, November 2-3

Altrincham’s Mo Abu-Rezeq won both the 10km and half-marathon, clocking 30:18 to win the 10km on Saturday and 67:59 to win the half-marathon the following day.

Kirsty Longley of Liverpool Pembroke Sefton won the women’s 10km in 34:59, while her fellow W40 Margaret Beever of Stainland won the women’s half-marathon in 87:42.

After 44 days of fierce competition, the 2019 Rugby World Cup is over.

The first tournament in Asia featured a breakthrough performance from the hosts, a devastating typhoon, superb supporters and, in South Africa, worthy champions who look to unite a troubled nation.

Here are our unforgettable moments from an enthralling six weeks.

Uruguay's sheer joy

Kamaishi, a city reborn after the devastating tsunami in 2011, unexpectedly hosted one of the matches of the tournament. Uruguay had won only two World Cup matches in their history prior to their clash with Fiji, the last one 16 years ago.

With just 22 professional players, the South Americans upset the odds spectacularly with a 30-27 victory. The final whistle brought tears of happiness and huge celebration for the Uruguayans.

Japan's seismic victory that ignited the World Cup

One of the great unknowns about Japan 2019 was how the host team would perform.

The omens were not good when they suffered a 41-7 drubbing at the hands of eventual champions South Africa in a warm-up match. But after a nervous start they overcame Russia 30-10 and then lit up the tournament with an incredible 19-12 upset of Ireland, roared on by a passionate and partisan crowd.

A stylish win over Scotland saw them top their pool but they fell short in the quarter-finals against the Springboks, who squeezed the life out of them with a gargantuan defensive effort.

But they won plenty of new admirers with their entertaining brand of attacking rugby.

Wearing the colours on your chest

World Rugby took the tournament to Japan to find new fans in Asia, but no-one could be sure of the reception in a country in love with football and baseball.

They need not have worried. Fans embraced the tournament more than even the most optimistic of organisers could have hoped.

They packed out the stadiums - even a dreary Italy-Namibia match in the pouring rain was played in front of full stands - as the Japanese adopted other teams, complete with replica shirts and singing the anthems.

But one fan took it to another level.

Hiroshi Moriyama, more commonly known as Bak-san, decided to paint his torso in the colours of all 20 participating teams, earning him celebrity status.

All Black flair at its best

There were 285 tries scored in Japan but TJ Perenara's acrobatic finish in the corner after a dazzling bit of trickery from team-mate Brad Weber was the pick of the bunch.

This was how BBC journalist Alex Bysouth described it in our live text coverage:

Weber's audacious no-look pass drew audible gasps from the Tokyo Stadium crowd and fans exchanged stunned looks as Perenara's incredible, scarcely believable finish was scrutinised on the big screen by match officials.

"It was a special one. It even got me out of my seat, and not too many things do that," said All Blacks head coach Steve Hansen.

Wales' Josh Adams finished as the tournament's top try-scorer with seven from seven matches, one try more than South Africa's Makazole Mapimpi (six matches) and two more than Japan's Kotaro Matsushima (five matches).

Poignant tribute

For the first time at a Rugby World Cup, matches were cancelled as Typhoon Hagibis battered the country, resulting in at least 80 deaths.

The storm, one of the biggest and most powerful Japan has seen in years, hit Tokyo on 12 October, but volunteers and tournament staff worked through the night to put on the crunch Japan-Scotland match in Yokohama the next day.

The hosts beat Scotland to qualify for their first appearance at the knockout stages on an emotionally charged evening.

The Japanese national anthem was sung with true sentiment as players and fans shed tears for those who lost their lives.

Emotions run high

Christian Lealiifano's Australia were knocked out by England at the quarter-final stage, but after the game the fly-half shared a tender moment with his son.

The 31-year-old, who only returned to the side in July after a battle with leukaemia, was reduced to tears as he embraced his child.

This was just one of many emotional photos as players celebrated or commiserated with their families at the end of matches.

Peyper pays for picture

The opening weekend of the tournament saw an unusual number of refereeing errors, especially around the new high-tackle protocol, which sparked a rare rebuke from World Rugby.

Standards improved but South African referee Jaco Peyper caused embarrassment when he was pictured with some Welsh fans pretending to elbow them in the face.

The images, which went viral on social media, sparked outrage in France, as Peyper had just hours earlier sent off lock Sebastien Vahaamahina for a blatant elbow that changed the course of their quarter-final and sent Les Bleus home.

Peyper was given a dressing down from World Rugby and was dropped from the panel for the semi-finals.

In total, there were eight red cards shown at the 2019 World Cup, twice as many as any other edition of the tournament.

Little and large...

At 5ft 7in, South Africa's Faf de Klerk is one of the smallest international players, but the Sale scrum-half plays like a "mini Hercules".

The fiery Springbok squared up to Wales' man-mountain Jake Ball during their semi-final, with a cheeky smile as if to further antagonise the lock.

"We're great friends. It was just a nice moment between us," joked De Klerk afterwards.

After winning the World Cup, the scrum-half became an internet sensation, being snapped wearing only a pair of Springbok 'budgie smugglers' to greet Prince Harry as the champions celebrated in their dressing room.

Smile like you mean it

England managed to disrupt New Zealand in every facet of the game during their stunning semi-final victory - and it started with the haka.

England's players lined up in a V formation to receive the spine-tingling challenge, with captain Owen Farrell seemingly smiling during the All Blacks' performance.

"We didn't just want to stand in a flat line and let them come at us," he said.

England scored a try within two minutes, eventually winning 19-7.

Bowing out

Every team in the competition bowed to all four sides of each stadium, adopting a slice of Japanese culture during the tournament.

Warren Gatland's final game as Wales head coach ended in defeat by the All Blacks in the bronze-medal match, but the 56-year-old has put "respect" back into the national shirt during his 12 years in charge, winning three Grand Slams and reaching two World Cup semi-finals.

All Blacks head coach Steve Hansen and captain Kieran Read also said emotional farewells at the end of the match, after World Cup wins in 2011 and 2015.

Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt and captain Rory Best made their exits after Ireland's quarter-final defeat by New Zealand.

History-maker

Siya Kolisi became the first black Springbok captain to lift the Webb Ellis Cup after South Africa dominated England in the final.

There is social and economic unrest in the Rainbow Nation and Kolisi's first thoughts after winning were to call for unity in South Africa.

"We have so many problems in our country but a team like this - we come from different backgrounds, different races - we came together with one goal and we wanted to achieve it," he said.

"I really hope we've done that for South Africa. It just shows that we can pull together if we want to achieve something."

A fitting end to a quite spectacular tournament.

Western Australia 332 and 4 for 39 trail Queensland 411 (Street 115, Wildermuth 80, Burns 76) by 40 runs

Bryce Street's maiden first-class hundred then a late burst of wickets gave Queensland a terrific chance of pushing for victory against Western Australia.

Queensland built a lead of 79 then dismantled Western Australia's top order during the final session to leave them 4 for 39 at stumps. Cameron Gannon had figures of 2 for 10 from 12 overs having removed Sam Whiteman and Marcus Stoinis in consecutive balls with short deliveries.

Street, who scored a triple century in grade cricket last month then a half-century on his first-class debut against South Australia, compiled 115 off 308 balls.

After he was bowled off an inside edge by David Moody, Jack Wildermuth's 80 carried Queensland towards a useful lead although Wildermuth won't want to relive his dismissal as he pulled a long-hop from Cameron Bancroft to deep square leg.

Part-timer
Half-tracker down leg

You know what happens next
Here's Cameron Bancroft pic.twitter.com/yzGZXYHQm8

— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) November 4, 2019

Street's impressive occupation and the contributions from the middle and lower order were vital after the early honours on the third day had gone to Western Australia.

Usman Khawaja's hopes of pressing for a Test recall were dented when he edged behind off Stoinis who then trapped the in-form Marnus Labuschagne lbw for a duck - his first single-figure dismissal since July 13.

There was plenty of toil for Western Australia's quicks, though, and the majority of the success was gained by the allrounders with Stoinis and Hilton Cartwright shared six wickets.

It took Queensland 13 overs to make the first breakthrough but then they came in a rush. Bancroft's struggles in four-day cricket continued when he dragged on against Xavier Bartlett before Gannon made his mark, a pinpoint bouncer forcing Whiteman to splice to gully then Stoinis carelessly turning his first ball off the hip straight to short leg to make it three wickets in six balls.

Things got worse for Western Australia when Shaun Marsh edged Bartlett to the keeper in the penultimate over of the day to leave his team facing defeat.