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” While Fall propagated the myth that a doctor is only as good as their label, in reality, a gynaecologist with sports medicine training is better qualified to run a football team’s medical department than an orthopaedic surgeon without it.

When medical doctors undergo FIFA training and sports medicine training, any medical doctor can be a team doctor,” he said.

Dr Makokha, an orthopaedic surgeon, clarifies that sports medicine training is a broad area that covers both on-field and hospital treatment; it “includes the medical side, which has the team doctors who take care of the athletes out in the field and then there are surgeons who attend to injuries such as tears and fractures in the hospital.