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Eugene Laverty just missed out on his first World Superbike win of the season as he took a runner-up finish in race two at Motorland Aragon.

And a startup called Swype, with launched a new way to do text input on tiny mobile touchscreens, took a runner-up spot.

The TX54 took runner up in the Timex 2154 Future of Time competition.

After an intermission and a final round of questions and answers, the judges decided Miss Venezuela and Miss US Virgin Islands would tie for 4th Runner Up, Miss Puerto Rico would take 3rd Runner Up, Miss Argentina would be 2nd Runner Up, and Miss Paraguay would be 1st Runner Up, making Miss Mexico the new reigning Queen of the Universe, a mere six hours after the doors to the event opened.

A more practised auteur took the runner-up spot: Argentinian director Pablo Trapero hits a career high with The Clan, a riveting underworld saga based on the true story of the notorious Puccio family that fully deserves the Scorsese comparisons it has earned from critics.

Ryan Gray's entry took the runner-up place with a fascinating study of a tawny eagle facing off against a jackal as they compete for a kill in the Masai Mara of Kenya.

Howard Angus took the runner-up spot with a monochrome study of the road that runs into the small village of Makarora in the South Island of New Zealand.

So far in Euro 2016 qualifying: A trip to Switzerland, who took eventual runners-up Argentina to within two minutes of penalties at the World Cup, presented a formidable early test for England, particularly after they went out of Brazil 2014 without winning a game.

Year-younger Say, from the Aidan O'Brien yard, took the runner-up spot.

Office services group Rentokil took the runner-up prize, rising by nearly 70percentnt, while GEC jumped some 43percentnt.

Elsewhere, Italian director Alice Rohrwacher took the runner-up Grand Prix award for her warm-hearted rites-of-passage drama The Wonders.