The best way for the one who is fasting is to break his fast with a few dates, then delay eating until after Maghrib prayer, so that he may combine the Sunnah of hastening to break the fast and praying Maghrib at the beginning of its time

It is not permissible for footballers to break their fast because this is not one of the legitimate reason that make it permissible to break the fast.

A surgeon should strive to find all possible means to observe fasting as Allah has enjoined. If a surgeon tried all possible means and they did not work out and he cannot find other work in which he can fast and he will be harmed by giving up his job, then it is permissible for him to break the fast on the days on which fasting causes considerable hardship.