Demba Ba fasts during Ramadhan. When he started for Newcastle, he played whilst fasting and wasn't playing well and the fans were getting on his back. When Ramadhan ended, he started banging in the goals and he explained that he was fasting before, hence the lesser performances. However, other footballers don't fast properly. Nicolas Anelka says he doesn't fast on matchdays in Ramadhan and makes up for it afterwards (which is technically wrong). You don't find many religious Muslim footballers.