Female hockey players from Britain are to wear red contact lenses to beat the smog in Beijing. The pollution is likely to be so severe that the women’s hockey squad — dubbed the Lionesses — are trialling the bizarre-looking contacts despite the effect they have on the ladies’ looks. According to The Sun, the lenses will help their eyes to focus on the fast-moving hockey ball in the haze and smog. Players are also helped by the fact that the lenses act like sun glasses.