FILE - Then-Newcastle United player Habib Beye, left, celebrates his goal against Birmingham City with manager Sam Allardyce during their English Premier League soccer match at St James' Park, Newcastle, England, on Dec. 8, 2007. For Muslim soccer players in deeply secular France, observing Ramadan is a tall order. Wielding a principle of religious neutrality enshrined in the French constitution, the country's soccer federation does not accomodate players who want to fast and refrain from drinking or eating from sunrise to sunset. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell, File)
FILE - The match is paused so Muslim players can break their fast due to Ramadan during the English Premier League soccer match between Everton and Tottenham Hotspur at the Goodison Park stadium in Liverpool, England, on April 3, 2023. For Muslim soccer players in deeply secular France, observing Ramadan is a tall order. Wielding a principle of religious neutrality enshrined in the French constitution, the country's soccer federation does not accomodate players who want to fast and refrain from drinking or eating from sunrise to sunset. (AP Photo/Jon Super, File)
FILE - France's players pose for photographers before the international friendly soccer match between Germany and France in Dortmund, Germany, on Sept. 12, 2023. For Muslim soccer players in deeply secular France, observing Ramadan is a tall order. Wielding a principle of religious neutrality enshrined in the French constitution, the country's soccer federation does not accomodate players who want to fast and refrain from drinking or eating from sunrise to sunset. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)
FILE - Interim President of French soccer federation Philippe Diallo, smiles as he attends a press conference at the French soccer federation, on March 31, 2023 in Paris. For Muslim soccer players in deeply secular France, observing Ramadan is a tall order. Wielding a principle of religious neutrality enshrined in the French constitution, the country's soccer federation does not accomodate players who want to fast and refrain from drinking or eating from sunrise to sunset. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)