Former Manchester United and Atlético Madrid striker Diego Forlán is set to make his professional tennis debut in November, when he will compete in an ATP doubles event in his native Uruguay.

This story has been updated to reflect news of Forlan’s professional tennis debut at the Uruguay Open in November 2024. Diego Forlan, the former Uruguay, Manchester United and Atletico Madrid ...

Five years after Diego Forlán hung up his boots, the ex-Manchester United striker now has his sights set on professional tennis. Forlán will make his doubles competition debut at the Uruguay ...

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Former Manchester United and Atletico Madrid striker Diego Forlan said Tuesday that he felt "like a little boy" after swapping his football boots for a tennis racket at the age of 45. Uruguayan ...

Football icon Diego Forlan was living a teenage dream in 1993 when he had the opportunity of a lifetime to play doubles with Argentine legend Diego Maradona. It was in the early stages of Forlan ...

Former Manchester United striker Diego Forlan will make his professional tennis debut in an ATP doubles event in his native Uruguay next month. The 45-year-old, who retired from football in 2019 ...

Diego Forlan and Ruud van Nistelrooy helped Manchester United win the 2002-03 Premier League title - and played against each other on the tennis court Footballers are a competitive bunch.

Manchester United icon Diego Forlan will make his official ATP Challenger debut at the upcoming Uruguay Open. The former striker will compete in the doubles event alongside former top-50 star ...

The will to win is rarely ever consigned to the pitch. So when Manchester United strikers Diego Forlan and Ruud van Nistelrooy faced each other on a tennis court at Nike's HQ in Portland during a ...