BOXER Amir Khan swapped his boxing gloves for oven gloves for a charity photo shoot.

The champ joined six of Britain's favourite sports stars to back this year's Sport Relief campaign.

As part of the initiative, they are encouraging others to buy a special designer limited edition aprons to show their support for those at home and abroad.

Amir said: "Please shop till you drop and purchase these fabulous Sport Relief Aprons. Designed by Orla Kiely, the aprons will raise cash that will help people living incredibly tough lives, here at home in the UK and across the world’s poorest communities. Together let's make this the best Sport Relief yet."

Others championing Sport Relief 2016 are tennis coach and current captain of the British Fed Cup team, Judy Murray; former England rugby union player, Ben Cohen MBE; TV presenter, Suzi Perry; former Olympic skier and TV presenter, Graham Bell; Channel 4 Racing presenter, Emma Spencer; and Olympic Badminton Silver Medallist and ITV Eternal Glory Winner, Gail Emms MBE.

Sport Relief 2016 will take place between Friday, March 18 and Sunday, March 20 and will bring people together to get active, raise cash and change lives.

The money raised from apron sales will go towards helping people living incredibly tough lives.

Half of the money raised for Sport Relief will be spent in the UK and the other half used to make a difference in the world’s poorest communities.

The apron will be presented each week to the winner of The Great Sport Relief Bake Off — which last week was won by Samantha Cameron, the wife of the Prime Minister, and is available to buy exclusively from Sport Relief official partners, HomeSense, TK Maxx stores, tkmaxx.com and sportrelief.com.

The apron retails at £12.99 with at least £5.25 going to Sport Relief.