With betting and $200K for winner, online World Cup pays
LONDON (AP) — In the days after Neymar's world-record transfer, Paris Saint-Germain was wrapping up another ground-breaking signing. One less costly and lacking the Brazilian's fanfare.
Ahmed Al-Meghessib won't be lining up alongside Neymar, but the 19-year-old Qatari is no less a soccer pioneer.
Unlike the other 31 console competitors at the FIFA Interactive World Cup in London this week, Al-Meghessib still pulls on his boots for a top-flight club, in his native Qatar with Al-Duhail.
"I am a real football player," he says. "It is a great feeling to be a virtual and an actual football player.