Padres catcher Austin Nola been diagnosed with a cognitive vision issue, and the reason he sought a medical opinion on the issue has to do with the Yankees’ Anthony Rizzo.

Back in March, Nola was hit in the face by a pitch in spring training. 

His nose was broken on the play, but he believed he was otherwise fine and resumed activity in Padres camp three days later.

However, it wasn’t until Rizzo complained to reporters of fogginess and ‘feeling hungover’ following a May 28 collision with Fernando Tatis Jr. that Nola started to more heavily consider his March injury. 

Rizzo was placed on the injured list on August 3 with post-concussion syndrome.

Nola, who had struggled mightily to start the season, believed Rizzo’s situation ‘sounded familiar’ to him according to the San Diego Union-Tribune, and quickly got neurology and ophthalmology tests last month.

Austin Nola has been diagnosed with a cognitive issue following his broken nose back in March

The catcher, who had been demoted to Triple-A after hitting .146 through 52 games,  was reportedly diagnosed with oculomotor dysfunction, ‘a vision issue that impacts the brain’s ability to coordinate eye movement.’

‘I’m so thankful to get some clarity on it,’ Nola told the Union-Tribune. ‘I just couldn’t figure it out. I just didn’t know why I wasn’t seeing the ball.’

Nola, who hasn’t played since August 8, learned through the testing that he was experiencing misaligned tracking with his left eye.

The 33-year-old struggled in Triple-A El-Paso, hitting just .185 in eight games, before being placed on the team’s injured list this weekend.

Rizzo also struggled after his collision with Tatis Jr. – which was deemed by a neurologist to be the likely cause of his issues – and has not yet returned from the injury list either.

Nola, meanwhile, is targeting a return to baseball this season.

 ‘I feel like I’m getting on the road to recovery,’ he said.

Kaia Gerber and Austin Butler looked loved-up while out and about in Los Angeles on Thursday. 

The couple were pictured holding hands as they soaked in the sun while heading for a lunch date in the city. 

Kaia, 21, kept it casual as she donned a pair of of navy trousers with a simple white vest top and white trainers.

She teamed the look with a blue baseball cap and dark sunglasses. 

Kaia carried her essentials in a large white tote bag as she clasped her phone in one hand, and her boyfriend’s hand in the other.

Quality time: Kaia Gerber, 21, and Austin Butler, 32, looked loved-up while out and about in Los Angeles on Thursday

Packing on the PDA: The couple held hands while walking through the city 

Austin, 32, also kept it low key in a pair of faded grey trousers and black T-shirt. 

The couple matched as the Elvis star also donned a blue baseball cap and both of their trousers appeared to be splattered with white paint. 

The pictures come after it was confirmed earlier in May that the couple are not engaged after wild rumours circulated Austin had popped the question. 

TMZ denied that Butler asked for Gerber’s hand in marriage after it was rumoured that the star proposed to the model in April. 

It started when Deuxmoi shared an Instagram post that claimed that the two were set to walk down the aisle. 

It was also claimed Kaia happily accepted, however the couple did not want to announce their plans to wed to the public.

The daughter of Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber and the popular actor have been dating since December 2021.

And even though they have a 10-year age gap, Kaia’s famous parents have given the couple their approval.

Matching! The couple both donned blue baseball caps and appeared to both be covered in a splattering of white paint 

Incognito: Kaia attempted to go under the radar as she hid her face beneath a blue baseball cap and dark sunglasses

Keeping it casual: The model kept donned a pair of of navy trousers with a simple white vest top and white trainers

Romance: The pictures come after it was confirmed earlier in May that the couple are not engaged after wild rumours circulated that Austin had popped the question

Happy couple: The daughter of Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber and the popular actor have been dating since December 2021

Love is in the air: Even though they have a 10-year age gap, Kaia’s famous parents have given the couple their approval

The couple were also spotted last weekend out together for a Sunday morning walk as they headed to grab breakfast in Malibu. 

Joined by Kaia’s dog Milo, the pair seemed in good spirits as they enjoyed their morning date. 

Clearly their favourite accessories they both wore the same blue baseball cap as Kaia paired it with a nude coloured sweater and a pair of dark blue jeans. 

Austin donned a navy blue long-sleeved shirt, some washed blue jeans and a pair of grey slip-on shoes.

Freddie Mercury‘s girlfriend Mary Austin, selling the contents of his Garden Lodge, Kensington, mansion, asks £1.2million for the handwritten lyrics of Bohemian Rhapsody. 

But did the Queen warbler actually bequeath the iconic scribble to his last boyfriend Jim Hutton? 

In a 1994 memoir, Irish-born Hutton claimed Freddie promised the lyrics to him before his death. 

Hutton wrote: ‘Some of my things remain at Garden Lodge. I clean forgot about the trunk of goodies including the Bohemian Rhapsody lyrics which Freddie got out of storage for me a year before he died.’ 

While Mary was Mercury’s girlfriend from 1970 until 1976, Hutton was his companion from 1985 until his death in 1991. 

Freddie Mercury’s (left) girlfriend Mary Austin (right) is currently selling the contents of his Kensington mansion, Garden Lodge

Hutton and Mary, who was left everything by Freddie, fell out after the singer’s death. She gave him three months to quit Garden Lodge. Hutton died of lung cancer on New Year’s Day 2010.

Watching the progress of the Lionesses, Prince William is on standby to make a long-distance dash to Sydney should England make it through to the finals, whispers a source. 

It would be a novel experience for William. Since becoming Football Association president in 2006, he hasn’t been required to attend a World Cup final for the men or women. 

The ladies reached the semi-finals in Canada in 2015 – but the cup would have coincided with Princess Charlotte’s baptism anyway. In 2019, they missed out on another final, and it fell in the middle of Wimbledon. Fingers crossed this time.

Cricket fan Nick Robinson, covertly watching the last Test during an Abba singalong in Suffolk, was so on edge he abandoned his family, telling The Spectator: ‘I could stand the tension no longer when the ninth wicket fell. So I made my excuses and left to watch the final act outside with a beer in hand.’ 

Wouldn’t many of his bruised radio victims wish the closing stages of the Ashes had occurred during their pre-breakfast grilling by the BBC Today rottweiler?

Emma Corrine, 27, was starred with accolades for her portrayal of Princess Diana in The Crown

Showered with accolades for her portrayal of Diana in The Crown, Emma Corrin, 27, describes the role as a major learning experience. 

‘What that job taught me most of all was being on a set of that scale, and all the minutiae that comes with managing that life day-to-day when you’re playing a leading role.’ 

Emma told Empire magazine: ‘You’re in the sea, no armbands. Swim for your life!’

Combative Welsh Secretary David TC Davies, purportedly in hot water over his anti-gipsy and traveller leaflet, has form as a pugilist. 

David TC Davies (pictured) used to be an amateur boxer under the name the Tory Tornado

He used to be an amateur boxer, using the name Tory Tornado. His biggest victory was over Britain’s only openly gay male boxer at the time… the Pink Pounder. Isn’t life grand!

Was Kate Beckinsale in need of rescue at her Fourth of July fancy dress party in Hollywood? The Pearl Harbour star inadvertently flew the Union Jack upside down, a recognised distress signal. 

Sadly the Yanks didn’t understand the fragrant Kate’s plea for help, so no queue of Sir Galahads assembled outside her Beverly Hills demesne.