DURANT LEADS THUNDER TO WIN IN OVERTIME

OKLAHOMA CITY: Despite being held to one basket in the first half, Kevin Durant finished with 31 points, leading the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 104-98 overtime victory over the Utah Jazz in the NBA on Sunday.

Durant shot 10-for-17 from the field to go with six assists and five rebounds. Russell Westbrook scored 25 points as the Thunder won their fifth consecutive game, the league’s longest active streak. RESULTS

Phoenix 108 bt Minnesota 101; Miami 100 bt Memphis 97; Toronto 96 bt Philadelphia 76; Oklahoma City 104 bt Utah 98 (OT).

ROME TO HOST 2022 RYDER CUP MATCHES LONDON: Rome will become only the third Ryder Cup host from Continental Europe after Italy pipped Germany, Spain and Austria on Monday in the bidding race to stage the 44th edition of the matches in 2022.

The Marco Simone Golf and Country Club, situated 17km from the centre of the Italian capital, is to follow in the footsteps of Valderrama, Spain in 1997 and Le Golf National, on the outskirts of Paris, in 2018.

EX-FERRARI BOSS BACKS ROME’S OLYMPIC BID ROME: Former Ferrari boss Luca di Montezelemo says bringing the Olympic Games to Rome would mean more to him than all the titles he amassed in Formula One.

Speaking Monday at the launch of the Rome 2024 bid logo – an image of the Colosseum in the red, white and green of the Italian flag – the motorsport legend said, “I was lucky enough to win 19 world championship titles in Formula One. If I can contribute to bring these games to my country it would be maybe an even more important victory.”