BBC Sports Personality of Year

Joe Calzaghe has been backed into 10/1, from 16/1, to win the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year Award, according to Ladbrokes.The current WBO super middleweight world champion has been the target of a nationwide gamble. -With Welsh shops, especially, reporting a brisk trade.Ladbrokes spokesman, Nick Weinberg, said: "Calzaghe's credentials are impeccable. His destruction of Jeff Lacy and undefeated record speak for themselves. After winning the BBC Wales version of the prize support for the 34-year-old has gone into overdrive."Darren Clarke remains the odds-on 1/5 favourite to scoop the gong.BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award 2006 OddsDarren Clarke 1/5 Zara Phillips 10/3 Joe Calzaghe 10/1 Nicole Cook 25/1 Monty Panesar 30/1 Andrew Murray 33/1 Beth Tweddle 33/1 Phil Taylor 50/1 Jenson Button 66/1 Ricky Hatton 100/1