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Victory secured second place - and a spot in next season's Champions League group stage - for Napoli.

Hibernian secured second place in the Championship and a Premiership play-off semi-final berth by beating Falkirk.

Leicester secured second place in the Premiership and set up a home play-off semi-final against champions Saracens with a comfortable win over Bath.

Santorum secured second place in what was effectively a tie, finishing only eight votes behind Romney, reflecting widespread disatifaction with the former Massachusetts governor and the state of disarray in the Republican party.

A forgettable goalless draw with West Ham secured second place for José Mourinho's spluttering Manchester United side, but there would have been little cause for celebration with such a vast gap between them and champions Manchester City.

Eventually Roma secured second place thanks to a 2-1 win in May's Derby della Capitale, but their league performance had declined from the previous year and they had sunk without trace in European competition, bowing out of the Champions League at the group stage before losing to Fiorentina in the Europa League round of 16.

Motherwell comfortably secured second place in the Scottish Premier League despite the final day loss to St Johnstone.

Labour secured second place despite the efforts of UKIP who came third, their best ever result in a Welsh assembly seat.

Freshman Gor Mirzoyn said he was "kind of expecting the seniors to win," but he was proud that his class secured second place in the speech category with speaker Meri Yedigaryan drawing upon Nelson Mandela's sacrifices for a better future, saying it was each student's responsibility to give back.

Al Harrington finished 1 assist shy of his first triple-double with 17 points and 12 rebounds, as host Indiana secured third place in the Eastern Conference with a 90-83 victoverover the Nets.

The boys-with-toys action release delivered the feeblest debut of the franchise, on an estimated $16.2m through Lionsgate that secured fifth place in the charts.