Then they returned to the game without a word. The stoppage is widely recognized as the first sanctioned break in a Premier League match for players observing Ramadan. Prior to that match ...

Match officials across football issued with guidance for holy period of Ramadan and advised to find a natural pause in play during evening matches to allow any Muslim player or official to ...

Some games were played before sundown ... Al-Azhar — declared in 2010 that an athlete could break the Ramadan fast earlier on match days if the sport is the athlete’s only source of income ...

Ten minutes into the Seattle Sounders’ home match with St. Louis City this ... have been the first major league to pause a game in recognition of Ramadan in 2021, when teams were playing in ...

Sky Sports reported that referees should allow for a "natural pause" to the game, such as a goal ... players to break their fast in Ramadan. In April 2021, the match of Leicester against Crystal ...

Image Tunisia players eating dates during a match against Turkey in 2018 ... then playing for Leicester City, broke a Ramadan fast during a Premier League game in 2021 with the help of the ...

Barcelona's Lamine Yamal celebrates after scoring his side's second goal during the Champions League round of 16 second leg football match ... game days. Yamal’s decision to participate in ...

In a Baghdad arena, a crowd cheers to the rhythm of drums, not for a football match but for a fiery centuries-old game enjoyed by Iraqis during Ramadan called "mheibes". "It's a heritage game ...

In a lively arena in Baghdad, the crowd roars to the beat of drums — not for a football match, but for "mheibes", a spirited, centuries-old game that brings Iraqis together during Ramadan.

Image: Elite female players fasting during Ramadan will have the opportunity ... to break their fast during games following recent guidance issued to match officials. Ahead of Ramadan, Sky Sports ...

And he has to do so within 10 minutes. Played during the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, the game first appeared as early as the 16th century in Ottoman-era Baghdad, according to Iraqi ...