Serie A tight

CHRISTIAN PANUCCI and Daniele De Rossi scored Sunday to lead AS Roma to a win over Atalanta 2-1 and move within one point of Serie A leader Inter Milan with one game left in the season. Inter drew 2-2 with visiting Siena, which twice rallied from a goal down.

NBA playoffs

THE Utah Jazz held off the Los Angeles Lakers for a 123-115 overtime victory to tie up their Western Conference semifinal series at 2-2 Sunday. The San Antonio Spurs also rebounded from a 0-2 start, defeating the New Orleans Hornets 100-80 to tie their Western semifinal series at 2-2.

Rome Masters

THIRD seed Novak Djokovic pounced on a series of unforced errors from final opponent Stanislas Wawrinka to win the Rome Masters on Sunday.