Tanzania, Aug. 12 -- Dar es Salaam. Football stakeholders have called for closer cooperation between clubs, insurance companies and hospitals to ensure players have adequate health insurance coverage as required by sports laws and regulations.

They have also urged football authorities and clubs to provide players with greater education on health, contracts and their rights, saying many athletes only realise the importance of insurance after suffering serious injuries.

The director of legal affairs and marketing at the Tanzania Football Federation (TFF), Boniface Wambura, and said players' rights organisations should strengthen their advocacy by ensuring that no player is registered without guaranteed access to medical treatment and heal...