Bangalore: Red lenses for UK hockey girls

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.