London Bridge is Feeezing over...

Snowman in the wilds: Lions play with a smiling snowman at Linton Zoo in Cambridgeshire

A bicycle in London is covered in icicles shows England's freezing snap is still here. Temperatures in the capital Tuesday night reached -9C

Walkers are surrounded by giant icicles as they slither towards The Headstone Tunnel on The Monsal Trail near Bakewell, Derbyshire

From blue to white Olympics pitch..

LONDON – The London Olympic pink and blue pitch has been changed to white – courtesy of Mother Nature – something which is sure to change in time for the July 29th start to the hockey competition!

Wary of Canada and France

Chief coach rates Canada and France as toughest of India's rivals in the qualifying event for the London Olympics.
“In the next four-five days we will complete the analysis of all the participating teams,” said Nobbs on Tuesday.
The Aussie said he was happy with the preparations of the team on its mission to achieve a berth in the Olympics.
“We are focussing on every little detail, every little thing that can cost us,” he said.
“Dilip (Tirkey) is working hard with the defenders and his experience will be very handy. He is working on every aspect of defence,” he added.
Nobbs said he was pleased also with the improvement of the side in penalty corner conversion.
Apart from Canada and France, India will also, understandably, be careful against Poland.
Italy (28) and Singapore (41), the two other teams in the competition, are ranked way below India in the world rankings.
The Indian team has been playing some practice matches against domestic sides and will likely avoid any warm-up game against the nations competing in the Olympic qualifier.

The Hindu

Two-horse race begins..

SSTMI Thunderbolts and UniKL Young Guns will be looking for goals this weekend to consolidate their Milo-Junior Hockey League Division One grip before the big clash on Feb 19.
Thunderbolts, the Overall champions, have a cushion of 26 goals while League champions UniKL have 20 goals at hand.
Both the title aspirants have not dropped a single point after five matches, and will play next weekend to decide the League champions.
Today, UniKL Young Guns meet BJSS Juniors, and next Friday it will be against USM Juniors where they need to pile up the goals before the big clash.
As for Thunderbolts, they play MBI Anderson and Tunku Besar Secondary School -- and both the matches could give them 10 more goals to add to their cushion.
In Division Two, Group A, Sapura only have easy matches against Kedah HA MSNK and Nur Insafi before playing in the semi-finals. The top-two teams in Division Two will then play in the quarter-finals of the Overall title.
“We have scored 37 goals and only let in one in six matches, and we should keep a clean slate and top Group A for the semi-finals.
“After that, we hope to life the Division Two title, and play against the best JHL teams this season for the Overall title,” said Sapura coach I. Vickneswaran.
Sapura, a regulars in Malaysia Hockey League, are fielding a JHL side for the first time and have produced stunning results in Division Two.
However, their true strength will only be known when they play in the Overall title against established JHL sides.



DIVISION ONE

P W D L F A Pts
THUNDERBOLTS 5 5 0 0 31 5 15
UNIKL 5 5 0 0 24 4 15
Anderson 5 3 1 1 21 16 10
BJSS 5 3 0 2 17 14 9
USM Jnrs 5 2 1 2 13 14 7
MBPJ 6 2 0 4 16 18 6
SSTMI 4 1 0 3 7 18 3
TBSS 5 1 0 4 10 23 3
BJSS Jnrs 6 0 0 6 3 30 0

DIVISION TWO

GROUP A

P W D L F A Pts
SAPURA 6 6 0 0 37 1 18
Poli KPT 7 5 0 2 19 8 15
KHA Jnrs 6 3 2 1 9 9 11
KHA-MSNK 6 3 1 2 14 6 10
MSS Kel 5 3 0 2 11 12 9
NUR INSAFI 5 2 1 2 8 7 7
ANDSON Jnrs 6 2 0 4 13 14 6
MSSPP Jnrs 7 1 0 6 7 28 3
PHNS 6 0 0 6 1 34 0

GROUP B
P W D L F A Pts
MHS 5 4 0 1 11 6 12
OLAK PKT 6 3 1 2 11 10 10
PAHANG 6 3 1 2 10 11 10
MPBP 5 3 0 2 9 7 9
DATUK TAHA 5 3 0 2 7 7 9
KLSS 5 2 0 3 11 10 6
SMKPM 5 2 0 3 13 10 6
TUNAS PAHANG 5 0 0 5 4 15 0

TODAY -- Division One: UniKL Young Guns v BJSS Juniors (KLHA , 5pm), MBI-Anderson v SSTMI (Azlan Shah , 5pm), BJSS v TBSS (, 6pm).
DIVISION TWO, Group A: Kelantan v Politeknik PKT (Terengganu, 4pm), Sapura v Nur Insafi (KLHA, 7pm).
DIVISION TWO, Group B: Tunas Pahang v Malacca HS (Kuantan, 4pm), Datuk Taha v KL Sports School (Seremban II, 4pm),
TOMORROW: USM Juniors v MBPJ (USM, 4pm), MBI-Anderson v SSTMI Thunderbolts (Azlan Shah , 5pm), BJSS v SSTMI (Ministry of Education , 6pm).
DIVISION TWO, Group A: Kelantan v Kedah HA MSNK (Terengganu, 3.30pm), Kedah HA Juniors v Anderson Juniors (Alor Star, 4pm), Negri HA v Nur Insafi (Seremban II, 4pm).
DIVISION TWO, Group B: Yayasan Pahang v Malacca HS (Kuantan, 4pm), Batu Pahat v Datuk Taha (Malacca, 4pm), Padang Midin v KL Sports School (Terengganu, 5pm).
SUNDAY: Division One -- TBSS v SSTMI Thunderbolts (Seremban II, 4pm).
DIVISION TWO, Group A: Kedah HA MSNK v Sapura (Alor Star, 4pm),
DIVISION TWO, Group B: Batu Pahat v Tunas Pahang (Malacca, 4pm), Olak PKT v Padang Midin (Bukit Jalil, 5pm).