Tennis fans have taken to social media to voice their concerns for former superstar Rafael Nadal.

The Spaniard, now 39, posted a picture of himself and fellow tennis legend, Roger Federer, together in Madrid. The picture quickly got fans talking about Nadal’s changes in physique since his retirement from tennis back in 2024.

Nadal is widely considered one of the greatest tennis players of all time, with a glittering career consisting of 22 Grand Slam titles during one of the most competitive eras of the sport. Amongst those is a stunning 14 victories at the French Open with him being crowned the ‘King of Clay.’

He is one of only three players to have completed the career Golden Slam in men’s singles, and was also once the youngest man to complete the career Grand Slam at the age of just 24.

Since retiring, Nadal has focused on expanding his legacy through managing the Rafa Nadal Academy in Mallorca, mentoring the next generation of tennis players. He is also noted to be a keen padel and golf player too.

In the picture posted alongside Federer, Nadal captioned it: “Look who I found in Madrid!”

Fans React to Recent Photo of Rafael Nadal

Fans were quick to notice the loss of muscle since his retirement.

One fan said: “Wth happened to Rafa? Is he ill or something?”

Another voiced their concerns, saying: “Are you alright, Rafa? You look pretty weak. Hope you are doing great.”

One fan noted the muscle loss compared to when he was playing by mentioning the power and strength Nadal was known for during his career: “Is it me, or you’ve lost muscles. The Nadal muscles.”

Other fans, however, rushed to Rafa’s defence and said: “When someone retires from being a professional athlete, their body no longer looks like a professional athlete’s body because they are not spending all their time being a professional athlete. This isn’t complicated.”

Part of Nadal’s loss of muscle mass may be due to the foot injury he has been suffering from for many years. He recently revealed he was diagnosed with Muller-Weiss Syndrome, a rare degenerative foot condition which causes the collapse of the tarsal navicular bone, causing it to deform over time.

This may be affecting Nadal’s ability to maintain shape as he is not able to push his body in training. It may also be beneficial to carry less muscle as it puts less weight and stress on his foot.

Manchester United certainly have plenty of irons in the fire when it comes to midfielder signings in the summer transfer window.

The Red Devils have been linked with a number of high-profile stars and that’s before the summer window has even opened, with new permanent manager eyeing up two central midfielder signings before looking at the rest of his squad depth.

And it looks like they have settled on their first signing of the summer already in Atalanta’s Ederson.

United have been in advanced talks with the Brazilian for a number of days now and it emerged on Wednesda that a fee of just under €45million (£39million) was close to being agreed between the two clubs and that a deal could be completed quickly before the World Cup kicks off because personal terms have already been agreed with the player over a five-year contract at Old Trafford.

United ready to move on to next name on transfer shortlist

GIVEMESPORT reported on Monday that United officials had jetted out to Italy to finalise talks with Atalanta over the move, but it seems they may not only have been there for Ederson.

According to transfer expert Fabrizio Romano, Manchester United chiefs will have been talking to Sandro Tonali’s representatives about a transfer too.

Newcastle United midfielder Tonali is another name on the Man Utd shortlist of midfielders, although there was a feeling that the transfer fee and wages demands might put United off concluding a deal.

The rumours have not gone away, however, and Romano said: “Man United basically what they did is fly to Italy with the delegation to start conversations on several topics, don’t forget that, for example, the agents of Tonali are in Italy, and there are more things they can discuss, for example, exits for the summer transfer window.

“So, Man United had several meetings, we know they are always very active in the Italian market.”

As reported on Wednesday by CalcioMercato, United were ready to ‘go all in’ to sign Tonali, with the outlet describing the 26-year-old as being ‘on his way’ to joining the club.

Elliot Anderson has been United’s number one priority

United could make the £86million move to sign Tonali if they pull out of talks to sign their number one target Elliot Anderson from Nottingham Forest, who is understood to be commanding a £100million fee this summer.

The Mirror reported on Wednesday that United were ready to complete a u-turn and pull the plug on their plans to sign Anderson, which would leave them with the money to spend on Ederson and Tonali, with GMS sources understanding United have placed a £140million to £150million figure on improving their midfield with two new signings.

Newcastle will have to sell one or two high-profile players this summer, with Anthony Gordon already on his way out with a deal agreed to take him to Barcelona.

A Who Wants To Be A Millionaire contestant missed out on a huge prize after asking the audience for help on a question about boxing.

It is often a sports fan’s favourite part in a quiz show when a sports-related question comes up, but this can pose a huge challenge for contestants who have minimal knowledge of certain sports.

On this occasion, the boxing-related question caused a huge issue for the participant, Rosie Hurst.

Boxing Question Stumps Quiz Show Contestant

In the episode from March 2025, she managed to successfully get through the first eight questions with no qualms. She had used zero lifelines, so was in a promising position to scoop up a sizeable prize.

Despite this, a major challenge arose when she faced a question for £16,000. She was asked about boxing weight classes. Unsure of the answer, she turned to the audience for assistance by using the first of her four lifelines to help answer the question.

The question asked her to pick what she thought was the heaviest of these four men’s weight divisions: bantamweight, middleweight, welterweight, and flyweight.

Encouragingly, she managed to correctly pick out both bantamweight and flyweight as the two lightest divisions. She was then stuck over the other two options, so she decided to call for help from the audience.

The question was repeated for the audience who voted in majority (63%) for welterweight as the heaviest, with 26% choosing middleweight as the heaviest, with 8% going for flyweight, and only 3% choosing bantamweight.

Following the help, Rosie chose to lock in welterweight as her final answer. Unfortunately, show host Jeremy Clarkson had to break the news to her that, in fact, the crowd had got it wrong, and the correct answer was instead middleweight.

Clarkson ranted to the audience, “You useless imbeciles”, displaying his disappointment for the contestant who had been let down by the crowd.

Rosie’s incorrect answer saw her lose out on the £16,000 up for grabs from the question, and caused her prize to plummet from £8,000 down to just £1,000.

Weight Classes in Boxing

Of the four weight divisions mentioned as possible answers, middleweights are the heaviest boxers, with the weight limit being exactly 160 pounds (72.6kg). Welterweight follows this at 147 pounds (66.7kg). Following that is bantamweight, coming in at 118 pounds (53.5kg), and finally flyweight at 112 pounds (50.8kg).

This is a question that the majority of boxing fans would have been able to correctly answer with ease, but a challenging one for those with limited knowledge of the sport.