Rafa Nadal 'sorry' for Mandela death tweet
Tennis star Rafa Nadal accidentally tweeted the death of former South African president on Monday after reading a fake message from someone claiming to be the CNN journalist Piers Morgan.
The former South African president was still in intensive care in a hospital with a recurring lung condition on Monday afternoon, CNN reported.
He remained in a "serious but stable" condition.
But Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal tweeted this message on Monday afternoon: "Today we lost one of the most important and relevant people in our world. Rest in peace Nelson Mandela".
Nadal, who won the French Open crown for a record eighth time on Sunday, quickly rectified his mistake but not before several thousand of his 4 million plus fans had sent the message on to their own readers.
"I had false information and for now Nelson Mandela hasn't left us," wrote the tennis star in his second message.
"Let's hope he is with us for our long time. What's he has done will be remembered forever."
It appears that Nadal may have obtained the incorrect information from a twitter account falsely claiming to belong to the English journalist Piers Morgan.
Nelson Mandela was President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.
He was instrumental in the end of apartheid in that country.
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The former South African president was still in intensive care in a hospital with a recurring lung condition on Monday afternoon, CNN reported.
He remained in a "serious but stable" condition.
But Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal tweeted this message on Monday afternoon: "Today we lost one of the most important and relevant people in our world. Rest in peace Nelson Mandela".
Nadal, who won the French Open crown for a record eighth time on Sunday, quickly rectified his mistake but not before several thousand of his 4 million plus fans had sent the message on to their own readers.
"I had false information and for now Nelson Mandela hasn't left us," wrote the tennis star in his second message.
"Let's hope he is with us for our long time. What's he has done will be remembered forever."
It appears that Nadal may have obtained the incorrect information from a twitter account falsely claiming to belong to the English journalist Piers Morgan.
Nelson Mandela was President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.
He was instrumental in the end of apartheid in that country.
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