Anwar El Ghazi on challenges and rewards facing Muslim athletes fasting for Ramadan - ‘It’s really special’

Fasting for Ramadan as a professional athlete is a tough but rewarding experience and the body soon adapts to new demands, PSV winger Anwar El Ghazi has explained. Muslim athletes have been fasting since March 22 for Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, but will finish at the end of this week when they celebrate Eid al-Fitr. Ad “Ramadan is a month about getting closer to God.

So that's why this month is really special for Muslims and Muslim athletes,” El Ghazi told Eurosport's 'The Power of Sport' series. FootballPSV issue 40-year ban for fan who attacked Sevilla goalkeeper20/03/2023 AT 20:53 It can be a challenging period for professional sportsmen and women, but the former Aston Villa forward explained that the body can adjust quickly to the circumstances. “Pre-dawn meal is called ‘suhoor’.

It's important to get the right nutrition inside your body,” the 27-year-old continued. “As a lot of people know, you cannot eat and drink from the moment the sun comes up. And to the moment the sun is going down.

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So, the human body is capable of a lot.” El Ghazi, who has scored nine goals in 27 appearances for PSV this season, is happy that he has team-mates going through it with him. “It’s not that we come to work like, 'oh, we haven't eaten so we just do half the work'. It's still a professional job that we do and we still have to do everything that we can,” he