Tricks of the trade
Freestyle soccer player Brynjar Fagerli of Norway performs a handstand trick during the preliminary round of the Beijing leg of the 2017 Carabao Freestyle Football World Cup in front of the iconic Yongdingmen Gate Tower in the capital on Thursday. Fagerli’s younger brother, Erlend, won the event, which featured a total of 24 performers in all, including six Chinese, and was organized and promoted by Beijing-based Ray Sports.