A man has trained his pet goldfish how to play football.
A football fan has taught his pet goldfish to play the game
Yang Tianxin has taught his fish how to dribble, pass and score goals on an underwater pitch and livestreams the fish matches on social media, where he gets more than 100,000 viewers.
The fish play in an aquatic stadium that features moss for grass and plastic goals with sticky tape providing markings for the pitch. The pets are rewarded with food when they score a goal.
Yang - a Real Madrid fan from China's Guangdong Province - said: "I didn't expect the fish would play football at the beginning. They couldn't shoot at all.
"As I was training them, I found that they were getting interested in nudging the ball. After three months, five fish managed to score."
Yang, who owns hundreds of goldfish in pools, continued: "I'm growing some so I can form two teams and let them compete against each other. I hope more people can know these goldfish and enjoy watching them to release their stress from their work lives."