Competitive interactive football gaming on the rise as BT Sport to televise FIFA 17

Gaming just got a lot more serious.

BT Sport has agreed a deal with EA Sports to broadcast people playing FIFA 17, one of the world's most popular video game, for the first time on British and Irish television.

In a further indication of the rapid rise of e-Sports, BT Sport will show the last four "majors" of the football game's current season, including the Ultimate Team Championship Final in Berlin on May 20-21.