The Under-21 European Championship hosts Denmark remain confident they can go far on home soil but must quickly find a way back after an opening-day Group A defeat against Switzerland (Group A outright winner).

The best players in the world are all set to converge on the Congressional Country Club this week for the year’s second major. The US Open had been a graveyard for European golfers for 40 years until Graeme McDowell broke the hoodoo and claimed the title 12 months ago. Could another European star lift the trophy this year? We will have a look at the main contenders.

There are four Friends Life t20 games on Wednesday with defending champions Hampshire looking to maintain their 100 per cent record against Glamorgan. We will have a look at the Hawks’ chances against the Dragons plus the other six teams in action (Twenty20 – totesport).

After a packed weekend of international fixtures, the Euro 2012 qualifiers continue on Tuesday with a number of potentially explosive fixtures that could have massive implications for next summer’s tournament to be held in Poland and Ukraine, with Germany and Sweden both in action (Sweden 8/1 – Group E winner).

The weekend provided us with some thrilling sporting action and some helpful betting clues ahead of some big events over the coming months. Here’s what we think were the key lessons from the last few days…

The top four players in the world will do battle on Friday for a place in the Men’s 2011 French Open final in what should be two classic matches. Injuries, fatigue and state of mind could all prove big factors in the last four, here’s our take on proceedings (2011 French Open).

It was jubiliation for Swansea at Wembley on Monday as they grabbed the final promotion spot up into the Premier League by beating Reading in the Championship play-off final. They join QPR and Norwich as top-flight new-boys for next season but will the promoted trio be able to stay up? Here we assess their chances.

Tuesday throws up the start of the quarter-finals phase of the women’s singles at the 2011 French Open with everything to play for in a tournament which is wide open (totesport – Tennis).

Sunday’s League One play-off final sees two of the brightest young English managers go head-to-head at Old Trafford but who will come out on top between Lee Clark and Darren Ferguson as Huddersfield take on Peterborough for a place in the Championship next season?

Wednesday night throws up a traditional Celtic clash as Wales and Scotland go head-to head in the Carling Nations Cup in what should be an open and exciting contest (Wales 23/10, draw 23/10, Scotland 6/5 – match prices).