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MILAN, Italy -- Napoli missed a chance to move provisionally level with second-placed Roma as it was held to 1-1 at Cagliari in Serie A on Saturday. Earlier, Udinese picked up a valuable 2-1 win at fellow struggler Livorno in the final round of Italian league fixtures before the winter break. Napoli was brimming with confidence after beating Inter Milan 4-2, but it was Cagliari which started the brighter and the Sardinian side took the lead in the ninth minute. Davide Astori dispossessed Italy defender Christian Maggio and cut back for the unmarked Nene to fire home. The Brazilian thought he scored moments earlier but he was booked for firing at goal after the referee stopped play. Gonzalo Higuain levelled 10 minutes later with a powerful penalty after Goran Pandev was fouled by Astori. Jose Maria Callejon had a spectacular volley ruled out in the 73rd after the assistant referee spotted that the ball took the slightest of touches off Pandev, who was in an offside position. Napoli remains third but could find itself 10 points behind leader Juventus if the two-time reigning champion beats Atalanta on Sunday. Roma plays Catania and would move five points ahead of Napoli with a win. AC Milan plays city rival Inter in a highly anticipated derby. In Livorno, Udinese coach Francesco Guidolin handed a surprise start to Nico Lopez, who claimed the opener in the 11th minute. The Uruguay Under-20 star won the ball off Emerson and raced into the left of the area before unleashing an angled drive into the far bottom corner. Luca Siligardi levelled for Livorno shortly after the half hour as he feinted past Maurizio Domizzi and drilled across into the bottom left corner. Thomas Heurtaux scored the winner in the 65th minute. Livorno goalkeeper Francesco Bardi did brilliantly to keep out Danilos volley from an Antonio Di Natale corner but Heurtaux rushed in to tap in the rebound. It was the defenders fourth goal of the season and makes him joint top goalscorer at the club with star striker Di Natale. Udinese also hit the woodwork in first-half stoppage time when Bardi fingertipped Allans deflected cross onto the crossbar. Livorno, which has lost five of its past six matches, remained a point off safety ahead of the rest of the weekend games. 17:10ET 21-12-13 Archie Manning Saints Jersey .75 million contract for the 2014 season and avoided arbitration. The team announced the agreement on Tuesday. Sheldon Rankins Saints Jersey . -- Each time the Utah Jazz threatened Memphis lead, the Grizzlies responded with defensive stops. http://www.saintsrookiestore.com/Saints-Erik-Mccoy-Jersey/. Horford is out 3-to-4 months with a torn pectoral muscle for the Hawks, who have won two straight and five of six games. Atlanta improved to 2-0 on the residency with Saturdays 93-91 triumph over Minnesota, as Ivan Johnson scored his teams final four points, including the game-winning free throw with 4. TreQuan Smith Youth Jersey . Less than 24 hours after the Wolves lost at home to the Mavericks, 100-98, NBA president of basketball operations Rod Thorn announced Tuesday that Kevin Love was fouled on his right arm by Shawn Marion in the closing seconds and should have been awarded two free throws. Marshon Lattimore Womens Jersey . City has reached new heights under manager Manuel Pellegrini as they transition from big spending/immediate impact to perennial contender. Yaya Toures seeming discontent Tuesday may complicate that, as does the little issue of Financial Fair Play.QUEBEC - The league-leading Baie-Comeau Drakkar won their 11th straight game Tuesday with a 4-2 victory over the Quebec Remparts in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League play. Maxime St-Cyr, Alec Jon Banville, Alexandre Ranger and Charles Poulin scored for the Drakkar (36-12-4), who moved three points ahead of idle Blainville-Boisbriand. Anthony Duclair, with his league-high 46th goal, and Nick Sorensen replied for the Remparts (30-14-8). Philippe Cadorette made 23 saves for Baie-Comeau. At the other end of the ice, Franncois Brassard stopped 26 shots.dddddddddddd --- FOREURS 4 SCREAMING EAGLES 2 VAL-DOR, Que. — The Foreurs overcame a two-goal deficit to blow past Cape Breton. Pierre-Maxime Poudrier, Julien Gauthier, Anthony Mantha and Nicolas Aube-Kubel had a goal apiece for Val-dOr (32-18-2). Kyle Farrell and Julien Pelletier gave the Screaming Eagles (27-22-3) a 2-0 lead in the first period. Antoine Bibeau finished with 28 saves for the Foreurs, while Screaming Eagles goalie Alex Bureau stopped 32 shots. ' ' '