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The former light-welterweight champion revealed the news on the YouTube channel of his wife, Faryal Makhdoom Khan.
Khan, 28, had been linked with potentially bigger fights against Adrien Broner and Keith Thurman, but opted to take on former kickboxer Algieri at welterweight.
British rival and IBF champion Kell Brook wanted to face Khan at Wembley on June 13.
But the Bolton fighter turned down the clash which could have earned the pair around £3m.
Algieri, 31, has lost just one fight but is relatively inexperienced with just 21 professional contests since changing sports in 2008.

His solitary defeat was a one-sided points loss to boxing star Manny Pacquiao who takes on Floyd Mayweather next on May 2.
The Filipino puncher had Algieri down six times during that bout in November.
Khan said: “He has only lost one fight, ranked number eight in the world.
“The last fight he lost was Pacquiao and that led Manny to go on to fight Floyd Mayweather.
“You can class him as an A-class fighter and he just fell short against Manny Pacquiao.

REAL MADRID fans hurled abuse and attacked Gareth Bale's car after suffering a 2-1 defeat to Barcelona last night.

Madrid supporters waited for the stars to arrive back at their Valdebebas training ground and vented their frustrations by hurling abuse at their own team.
Spanish television channel Cuatro captured one fan throwing punches at Bale's white Bentley while the Welshman attempted to drive home.
Team-mate Jese rolled down his window to confront the unhappy fans, but continued driving to avoid the same fate as Bale.

     

Vice captain Sergio Ramos blasted the fans for their actions, he said: "What’s the matter? Do you think that’s the right attitude?"
Bale has repeatedly been booed by sections of the Bernabeu crowd, and described as a selfish player - so tensions were already high.
It could have been a completely different story had Bale's goal not been incorrectly given offside.

    

LAURENT BLANC last night warned his players to expect dirty tricks from Diego Costa.

Jose Mourinho hit back at the Paris St-Germain boss claiming Blanc’s team are the roughest he has faced this season and dirtier than a League Two side.
The French giants are at Stamford Bridge tonight with a place in the quarter-finals of the Champions League at stake.
But a war of words erupted after Blanc claimed Chelsea hardman Costa is the man to watch out for.
“He’s a boy who loves the contact, loves the duels, and is very suited to the English game,” said Blanc.
“He likes the challenge, the contact, and provoking opposition players.
“That’s something he needs. He thrives off that. It’s important not to get caught up in that.
“I watched the game against Tottenham and, right from the start, he was looking to do that.
“He’s got good physicality, is technically good, but he tries to provoke a reaction always.
“Away from home, we have to be as effective as possible in trying to stop him.”

    

Mourinho refused to respond directly to Blanc’s attack on his star striker, who was banned last month for stamping on Liverpool’s Emre Can.
Instead he claims PSG showed in the first leg they take no prisoners.
Chelsea star Eden Hazard claimed after the 1-1 draw he needed shin pads to protect all of his legs after being roughed up in Paris.
“I was surprised in that game,” said Mourinho. “Because a team with fantastic players was the team with a record number of fouls.
“It was the team making foul after foul, it was the team which stopped Eden Hazard with fouls all the time.
“It was the team attacking the man in possession of the ball with two or three players with some very aggressive actions, a team where – even a player like Zlatan Ibrahimovic, a typical attacking player – came back when they lost the ball and attacked Hazard from behind when we were countering.I thought an English team would never be surprised by aggression, because aggression we have in our country.
“This season we’ve played against sides form the Championship in the cups, against teams from League One, and Shrewsbury from League Two, but the most aggressive team was PSG.
“With players of such quality, I was expecting more football and less aggression.”
Mourinho also dismissed the impact of moneybags PSG offering their players a £180,000 bonus to beat Chelsea.
“Professionalism goes above and beyond that,” he said.
“In many areas of society you reach certain objectives and people get extra payments, reaching some targets or numbers.
“That’s fine, but football is about our passion for the game, the happiness and the pride of victories. They have no price.”

   

The Colombian dynamo was signed by Jose Mourinho to help Chelsea conquer the Premier League, but the 26-year-old is more interested in conquering the English language first.
The Sun claim Cuadrado and Howe have been exchanging private messages via Instagram, with the famous twin ready to undertake a new role as teacher.

A Chelsea spokesman was less than enamoured with the reports, and told The Sun: "The club will be providing English lessons for him."
Howe is said to have learned Spanish during a trip to LA, and is more than capable of conducting lessons with the £26.8m signing.
The Sun claim the 24-year-old model has previous with Premier League footballers, and is alleged to have had romantic connections to Juventus star Patrice Evra and Manchester United full-back Luke Shaw.

THERE won’t be many things Brendan Rodgers and Siegfried and Roy have in common.

But one thing the Liverpool boss and the Las Vegas entertainers do is trying to tame something that simply does not want to be told what to do.
Siegfried and Roy trained tigers for a famous show at the Mirage in the capital of gambling that drew in millions over a decade ago.
But it all came to an end when one tiger took a chunk out of Roy Horn’s throat and almost killed him back in 2003 live on stage.
Kop boss Rodgers’ life is certainly not on the line, but trying to keep Mario Balotelli in check has been a right pain in his neck.

      

The manic striker caused yet another stir on Thursday night when he took the ball from stand-in skipper Jordan Henderson for their late penalty against Besiktas in the Europa League last-32 clash.
Balotelli calmly slotted home the winner as the whole of Anfield watched from behind their fingers.
Rodgers insisted there was no issue after the game, but skipper Steven Gerrard’s claim from the punditry box made it clear that team orders were broken by the Italian.
Gerrard insisted Henderson should have been the penalty taker and Balotelli was again the centre of attention not only for his winning goal.
Henderson was the designated spot-kick taker for the game, he was the one who got the ball, he wanted to step up.

    

But Balotelli does not play by the rules, or orders from above on this occasion.
Rodgers reckoned he could tame the former AC Milan striker when he spent £16m on him in the summer as he searched desperately for a front man.
But many believed he bit off more than he could chew as he struggled with form on the pitch and rumblings of off-field issues would not go away.
Siegfried and Roy called a halt to their show when an untameable tiger tucked in, but even they could not help bringing “Mantecore” back for a swansong show some years later.
Balotelli’s Liverpool career looked over until recently when Rodgers turned to him once more as just like the Vegas duo, the Kop boss wanted to gamble again.

 FOOTIE legend David Beckham has marked 10 years of campaigning for Unicef by launching his own children’s charity.

      

And the superstar revealed he will tour war zones with his four kids in tow in a bid to show them ‘real life’ as he raises cash and awareness.
His eldest sons Brooklyn, 15, and Romeo, 12, could visit some of the world’s most dangerous countries as part of the new Seven campaign.
Becks told the Daily Star: “The children will be getting involved because I’m going to make them.
“But they are excited about that.
“They know exactly what I’m announcing today and what needs to be done.”
The 39-year-old revealed he had never sugar-coated the suffering he saw when he discussed previous Unicef trips with his children.
His new fund, named after his lucky football shirt number, will focus on helping seven countries including Burkina Faso, El Salvador and Papua New Guinea.
David added: “Romeo and Brooklyn are old enough to understand what’s going on in the world and how they can help.
“Brooklyn only said to me on the school run this morning ‘I want to go on a trip, when can I go on a trip?’ So they understand it, they respect it, they get it.”
The sportsman said he always takes photos on his travels to explain his charity work to younger kids Cruz, nine, and Harper, three.

    

His campaign was inspired by a visit to the scene of Typhoon Haiyan, which left 1.3 million children homeless in the Philippines and killed thousands more.
David said: “You don’t really experience devastation until you’re on the ground, until you’re actually in the place where it’s happened.
“The Philippines, it was two and a half months after the Typhoon so it was so fresh, people were still scared, devastated, had lost family members.
“I saw a father stood at a grave and there was 11 family members that he’d lost. You can see the grief, it’s horrendous. It really is terrible.

The retired England legend has also been to South Africa and Sierra Leone as a Unicef Goodwill Ambassador.
Last night he vowed to work with Unicef for at least another decade, calling 7: The David Beckham Unicef Fund a ‘high point’ of his career.

   

David said: “My fame, my success that I had on the field, opens doors for exactly things like this - the protection of children, the protection of women.”
He added: “When people turn around to me and say ‘what’s the great thing about being David Beckham’, it’s exactly this situation.”

   

The Nigeria topflight league is billed to commence in the first week of March according to the League Management Company

The League Management Company has fixed March 7, 2015 as the date for the commencement of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) for the 2014/2015 season.
The LMC recently gave two options of January 21 and March 7 for the start of hostilities and circulars were sent to various clubs for them to choose the more preferred of both dates but the league body has opted for the latter with a fresh date for the start of the 2015 general elections being fingered as the brain behind the new development.
Owing to this, the LMC has announced a registration deadline of February 20 for clubs to submit their licensing documents for the new season or risks severe sanctions.

The documents expected to be submitted by the 20 clubs in the top flight include proof of no debts carried over, financial guarantee and medical passport of players.

The LMC Chief Operating Officer (COO) Salihu Abubakar announced this and said the clubs have been put on the alert that mid-week fixtures will hold to accommodate the socio-political developments in the country.

“As part of the registration process for the new season, Clubs are to mandatorily provide a quarterly Financial Performance Guarantee of N50m which is a condition for licensing to participate in the league. Clubs that are in a position to provide a one-off Performance Guarantee of N200m is also encouraged to do so”, Abubakar stated.

The league organizer further disclosed that clubs in the elite division must provide their  Financial Performance Guarantee on or before March 5, if they are to be considered among the 20 to vie for points.
Kano Pillars are the defending champions of the league and they have emerged victorious since the last three seasons while Enyimba and Warri Wolves came second and third last season.

CARDIFF have admitted defeat in their bid to bring back ex-NHL star Paul Bissonette.

     

Player-boss Andrew Lord has been in regular contact with the winger who played 10 games for the Devils during the 2012 NHL lock-out.

But he is now ready to see out their title challenge with his current squad.

Bissonnette, 29, has now signed a deal to stay at American Hockey League Manchester Monarchs - the Los Angeles Kings' major farm team - until the end of the season after a successful try out.

Lord said: "I was in contact with him every week or so, just checking in to see what the chances were.We were hoping but we knew what he could bring to that organisation. Hopefully down the road we can sign him again."
Even though the Devils face a gruelling six games in nine days, starting at Edinburgh on Friday, Lord said: "We are really happy with the guys on and off the ice.
"Everyone has got the same values which makes for a good mix and we want to upset that."
The Welsh side still have a chance of the treble.
They are only six points off the top of the Elite League, face lowly Coventry in the Challenge Cup semi-final and are on course for the play-offs.

* HULL'S play-off hopes have been boosted after doctors told skipper Matty Davies he will be able to play again next month.
Davies, 24, injured his knee last week and said: "I thought my season was over. It is always worse when it first happens, what with the inflammation and the pain.
"It is looking like early March when I can hopefully be back."
Player-boss Omar Pacha added: "That was unexpected and huge news for us."

TIGER WOODS used to be the most thrilling superstar in the world of sport.

    

Watching him on a golf course was on a par with seeing Mike Tyson in a boxing ring, Usain Bolt tearing down the running track or Michael Jordan dominating a basketball court.
In other words, it took your breath away.
These days, as Woods approaches his 40th birthday, people are still gasping at him - but for all the wrong reasons.
That's because the former world No.1 has suffered a fall from grace so sudden and shocking that it might just turn out to be one of the most infamous stories in sporting history.
Woods is just 38, but is staring at the genuine prospect that his career could be over, when he should be in his prime.
He hasn't won a major title since 2008 and his golf swing has deteriorated so badly that there are now genuine fears he will never win another tournament again, let alone one of huge significance.
In Phoenix last week I watched Woods attempt to compete in the Waste Management Phoenix Open at TPC Scottsdale.
It was hist first PGA tournament for almost six months, during which time he had supposed to have remodelled his swing and overcome fitness problems.
But his comeback lasted just two rounds as he failed to make the cut and shot the worst score of his professional career. An 82.
The numbers didn't stack up for Woods, but it was the manner of his shock exit that stunned onlookers the most.
That's because someone who took the game to a whole new level with shots of breathtaking skill and audacity, who won tournaments for fun and changed the face of golf forever, resembled a hacker struggling to get round his local course.
Woods failed to hit fairways and greens, producing a series of chips that someone playing off a handicap of 12 would make.
If that wasn't bad enough, Woods then moved on to Torrey Pines, the Californian course where he won the US Open in 08 with a broken leg, and withdrew after 11 holes of similar sub-standard golf with a bad back.
How has it come to this? How can someone so good become so bad?
He was once superhuman, capable of the impossible. His behaviour away from the course might have left much to be desired, but on it he had no equal. No one came remotely close.

 

Thibaut Courtois could be lining up for Real Madrid next season with the Spanish giants said to be lining up a deal for Chelsea’s No.1.
According to reports in Spain,it suggested the Los Galaticos are lining up a summer bid for the Blues’ Belgium shot-stopper.
Courtois, who rose to success with Madrid rivals Atletico, has becomes first-choice since returning from a loan spell with the La Liga outfit this season – with such performances not going unnoticed over at the Bernabeu.
With Iker Casillas making another howler during the 4-0 drubbing at Atletico at the weekend, the Italian may well want to put a fresh pair of hand between the posts.
And although Chelsea will not want to part with a prized asset, a swap deal involving target Raphael Varane has not been ruled out.

     

Starsport revealed in November that the Atletico Madrid boss was being lined up by City.

And it is understood that senior figures at the club have been in touch with the Argentine about potentially replacing Pellegrini.

Pellegrini faces a fight to save his job as City's season threatens to slip away from them.

The Premier League champions have fallen seven points behind leaders and face an uphill struggle to retain their title.

To make matters worse Pellegrini's men have crashed out of both domestic cup competitions as a result of shock home defeats.

Pellegrini has managed to lead City into the knockout stages of the Champions League despite being drawn in a group of death alongside Bayern Munich, Roma and CSKA Moscow.

But it now looks like Pellegrini will have to land the biggest club prize of all if he is to avoid the sack at the end of the season.
Chairman Khaldoon-Al-Mubarak set Pellegrini a target of winning five trophies in five seasons when he appointed him Roberto Mancini's successor.
While the former Real Madrid boss landed two in his first season in charge, he is not expected to survive a campaign without adding at least one more piece of silverware to his collection.
Owner Sheikh Mansour is not afraid to wield the axe and has made Simeone his No.1 choice to replace Pellegrini if he decides to make a change.
It is understood the billionaire believes Simeone has better credentials when it comes to winning the Champions League.

Simeone has emerged as one of the most sought-after bosses in Europe following his impressive exploits at Atletico.
He led them to the Spanish title last season to break the dominance of Real Madrid and Barcelona.
He also took Atletico to within seconds of winning the Champions League before Real battled back to claim a 10th European Cup in extra time.
Simeone, 44, who took charge at Atletico in 2011, has let it be known he would relish the chance to manage in the Premier League.
He knows he faces a losing battle to dominate in Spain and has become fed-up with Atletico's constant failure to keep hold of their big name stars.
The former midfielder also knows he can triple his wages at the Etihad to become one of the highest paid bosses in Europe.

Lewis Hamilton’s new Mercedes will break cover on the first day of pre-season testing in Spain next month.

     

Hamilton’s team-mate Nico Rosberg will be first behind the wheel of the W06 car on February 1.
Defending world champion Hamilton gets his first experience of the car he hopes will carry him to a third title on day two and four of the Jerez test.

THE Australian, Malaysian, Chinese, Japanese and Russian races will all start an hour earlier this year for safety reasons in the wake of Jules Bianchi's horror crash at the Japanese GP last year.

    

After Bianchi's life-threatening crash into a mobile crane beside the track at Suzuka, an FIA panel have decreed that no race will start, "less than four hours before either sunset or dusk, except in the case of night races."

Rising British star Jolyon Palmer, the son of former GP racer Jonathan has been handed his F1 break by being named Lotus's reserve driver.

RING king Manny Pacquiao has told Bolton’s Amir Khan “I’ll fight you if Floyd Mayweather Jr is afraid to face me”.

     

The former sparring partners met at London’s famous Fitzroy Lodge Boxing Club and had a chat about a possible fight this summer.
Pacquiao – who also had dinner with Prince Harry on Thursday night – has agreed to face Mayweather on May 2, but the American has yet to put pen to paper on a contract.
The Filipino puncher is growing increasingly frustrated by Mayweather’s delaying tactics on the super fight which was due to be held in Las Vegas.
He has now started considering other options including facing Khan at Wembley Stadium or in America, most likely Las Vegas.
Abu Dhabi was also mooted as a possible venue by the British fighter although that is not believed to be a feasible option at this time.
The pair posed for pictures in London after Khan arrived at the famous gym in a Rolls Royce and dressed in an extravagant suit.
They had a brief chat and renewed their friendship after sharing Freddie Roach’s gym in LA for a number of years before Khan left to team up with California-based trainer Virgil Hunter.

     

Bolton's Khan, 28, also wanted to face Mayweather, but the American faced Marcos Maidana last May when he looked like he would face the Brit.
He hoped back-to-back wins over tough welterweights Luis Collazo and Devon Alexander in 2014 would secure the money-spinning clash .
But Khan has been left frustrated again this year with Pacquiao apparently set to step in for the fight that the sport has been waiting on for more than six years.
Pacquiao, 36, has won world titles in eight different divisions and although he is past his peak, boxing fans were keen to see him face Mayweather.
He agreed to all the demands put forward by the undefeated American’s team.
But he is still waiting on Mayweather to sign his contract as talk of a rematch between the pound-for-pound king and Miguel Cotto grows.
For any fight to take place between Khan and Pacquiao it would take discussions between the Brit’s adviser Al Haymon and Top Rank promoter Bob Arum, who looks after the Filipino ring king.

 

Owen Hargreaves doesn't believe that Manchester United should be looking to sign Mats Hummels from Borussia Dortmund this summer and should concentrate their efforts on going after someone in the mould of ex-captain Nemanja Vidic instead.

The Old Trafford club have been linked with a move for the German World Cup winner for several months, with many fans and pundits seeing him as the solution to all of Louis van Gaal's problems.

However, Hargreaves, who was a Champions League winner with United in 2008, doesn't think things are quite so clear cut.

"He's the captain of Borussia Dortmund, they're last in the Bundesliga. Is that the measuring stick for Manchester United? I'm not so sure."