Olympics-Australia hockey player banned after cocaine bust at Paris Games


FILE PHOTO: Paris 2024 Olympics - Hockey - Men's Pool B - New Zealand vs Australia - Yves-du-Manoir Stadium, Colombes, France - August 01, 2024. Blake Govers of Australia, Thomas Craig of Australia and Tom Wickham of Australia celebrate their third goal. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australian Olympic hockey player Tom Craig has been banned for 12 months, with six months suspended, after he was arrested in Paris for buying cocaine during the Games.

Governing body Hockey Australia (HA) said Craig's ban started on Monday and followed an investigation by its integrity unit into his arrest last month.

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