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The 2020 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif., has been cancelled due to the spread of the novel coronavirus, reports The New York Times.

Springfield, Ill.-based HSHS Medical Group opened an orthopedic and sports medicine clinic in Greenville, Ill., The Telegraph reports.

FIFA, the global governing body of soccer, appointed sports medicine physician Dr. Andrew Massey as director of its medical department.

Four orthopedic surgeons recently treated professional athletes:

The Alabama Crimson Tide college football program onboarded Matt Rhea, PhD, as director of performance science on March 2, reports Sports Illustrated.

Riley Williams III, MD, performed arthroscopic surgery on Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving March 3, the team reported.

Emergency medicine Robert Glatter, MD, recently accepted a position as a network physician for the U.S. Soccer Federation.

David Altchek, MD, will repair the right elbow of New York Yankees pitcher Luis Severino, MLB.com reports.

Gulf Breeze, Fla.-based Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine added interventional pain medicine specialist Brian Rosenberg, MD, to Andrews' clinics in Pensacola, Fla., and Milton, Fla.

A growing number of physicians are studying for orthopedic and overuse injuries in esports players, which recent data has shown them to be highly susceptible to.