The Premier League and EFL will continue their breaks during Ramadan

In 2021, an agreement was reached to allow Muslim players to break their fast during a Premier League match.

This first break occurred in a match between Leicester City and Crystal Palace in April 2021. The match was paused at a goal kick around the half-hour mark to allow Leicester’s Wesley Fofana and Palace’s Cheikhou Koyate., external To replenish themselves with fluids and energy gels.

One of the five pillars of Islam is that Muslims fast during daylight hours during the month of Ramadan to show their devotion to their religion.

Islamic names in the English Premier League include Mohamed Salah, William Saliba, Rayan Ait Nouri, Amad Diallo and others.

“In the Premier League, you are free to do what suits you,” former Everton player Abdoulaye Doucoure told BBC Sport in 2023. “They won’t do anything against your faith and that’s great.”

“I fast every day, I never miss a day. It has become very normal and easy for me. Training is still the same during Ramadan but when we go [for away matches]We may need to eat later than others, so the chef prepares food for us and makes sure everything is in place like at home. “We get halal food so there are no problems,” Doucouré added.

In 2022, former Liverpool player Sadio Mane revealed that the club changed its training schedules to support its Muslim players during the month of Ramadan.