TODAY
Showjumping, BBC2, 2pm The excellent Clare Balding presents live coverage of the Hickstead Derby. Football, Euro 2008 final, BBC1, 6.55pm, kick-off 7.45pm; highlights ITV1, 10.45pm While Marcel Desailly continues to stumble through his prematch Q&A pitch-side with Ray Stubbs, we’ll be hoping for more fluent action on the field as Germany take on perennial underachievers Spain. Golf, Buick Open final round, Setanta Sports 1, 8pm The organisers at Warwick Hills claim the tournament hasn’t been devalued by the absence of the injured Tiger Woods. The whole world knows better. Golf, French Open final round, Sky Sports 1, 11am Chronic attention-seeker Ian Poulter teed-off armed with reels of coloured sticky tape to support a damaged wrist. It’s not all that’s damaged. In the Order of Merit, the self-styled ‘second-best player in the world’ is now ranked 82nd - and falling.

MONDAY
Tennis, Wimbledon, BBC2, midday; BBC1, 1.45pm, coverage continues throughout the week The action is hotting up in SW19 - and hopefully the weather too in case Cliff Richard pipes up - as the fourth-round singles matches get under way. Cricket, Sussex v Lancashire, Sky Sports 1, 11am The more he is ignored by the England selectors, the better Sussex’s Matt Prior seems to perform. Lancashire have been warned.

TUESDAY
Rugby league, Sky Sports 1, 8pm Wakefield Trinity Wildcats host Catalans Dragons with revenge on their minds following a 28-20 loss in France earlier this year.

Greyhound racing, Sky Sports 3, 7.30pm Live coverage of the Cock O’ the North final from Belle Vue racetrack, run over the marathon distance of 670m. Hope the hare’s up to it.

WEDNESDAY
Darts, Sky Sports 1, 7pm The world’s most unfit sportsmen pray for efficient air-conditioning at the Las Vegas Desert Classic.

Horseracing, Sky Sports 2, 7pm Live coverage of the evening meetings from Chepstow and Leopardstown. Rugby league, State of Origin, Setanta Sports 2, 10.30am Plenty of crash, bang, wallop from Down Under as New South Wales take on Queensland in the deciding third and final State of Origin match from Sydney. Not for the fainthearted.

THURSDAY
Golf, European Open first round, Sky Sports 1, 10am Colin Montgomerie won his 31st Tour title at this event last year, ending a dire 19-month drought for the Scot, who needs more of the same here to help his claim for a Ryder Cup berth. Cricket, Asia Cup, Setanta Sports 1, 10.50am Live one-day action featuring the likes of Pakistan, Sri Lanka, India and that sleeping cricketing giant – United Arab Emirates.

FRIDAY
Rugby league, Wigan Warriors v Leeds Rhinos, Sky Sports 1, 7.30pm, kick-off 8pm Super League action from the JJB stadium. Boxing, Sky Sports 1, 10pm David Barnes puts his British light-welterweight crown on the line against Motherwell’s Barry Morrison at the Everton Sports Centre in Liverpool. Cricket, Sky Sports 2, 8pm One-day action from St Kitts as West Indies take on Australia in the fourth match of the five-game series.

SATURDAY
Rugby union, New Zealand v South Africa, Sky Sports 1, 8am, kick-off 8.35am South Africa travel to Wellington for the opening TriNations game as world champions, but the All Blacks will be full of confidence after outclassing England in this month’s two-Test series. Cycling, Tour de France, British Eurosport, 11.15am For the first time in more than 40 years, the Tour de France begins with a conventional stage rather than a time trial, which means the field of almost 200 will all have the Holy Grail of the opening-day Yellow Jersey on their minds. British Grand Prix qualifying, ITV1, midday Lewis Hamilton aims to bounce back after two disappointing races in France and Canada.

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