Sports round-up

Basket, NBA: Jeremy Lin’s break-out campaign with the New York Knicks has been cut short by a left knee injury that needs surgery, the NBA team said. The Knicks said on their Twitter feed that Lin will be sidelined for around six weeks “after an MRI revealed a small chronic meniscus tear”.

Cycling: Belgian cyclist Tom Boonen won the one-day classic Tour of Flanders for the third time yesterday. Boonen beat home Italian duo Filippo Pozzato and Alessandro Ballan in a sprint finish to the 255km race. His task had been made easier when Switzerland’s Olympic time-trial champion and the winner of this race in 2010, Fabian Cancellara, fell 62km from the finish.

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Rugby Sevens: Australia (picture) came from behind to seal their first title of the current Sevens World Series. Matt Lucas held his nerve to score the conversion that sealed a thrilling 28-26 win over Samoa in Tokyo yesterday.

Yachting: US coastguards scrambled to help yesterday a yacht hit by severe weather in the Pacific, and bring medical assistance to at least two Britons and one Australian who have been injured. The 68-foot Geraldton Western Australia was struck by a large wave some 400 miles off the California coast, which swept away its steering wheel and some communications equipment.

Athletics: Kenya’s newcomer Denis Koech won the Berlin half-marathon yesterday after holding off world champion and compatriot Wilson Kiprop in a sprint finish as the Kenyans dominated the men’s and women’s races. Koech came home in a winning time and personal best of 59:14min to beat Kiprop by just a second with compatriot Ezekiel Chebii third at 59:22. The women’s race was also decided on the line as Kenya’s Philes Ongori edged past compatriot Helah Kiprop to come home in a winning time of 1hr 08:25min with Kiprop finishing a second behind.