Real Madrid set to appoint tennis great Nadal to board

Real Madrid plan to appoint retired tennis superstar Rafael Nadal to their board of directors, the club said on Wednesday."I want to thank president Florentino Perez and the board for proposing that I join the board of directors of Real Madrid," wrote Nadal on social media platform X. "I have accepted this proposal with great excitement, I'm eager to learn and to contribute everything I can."