Australian field hockey player who tried to buy drugs at the Paris Olympics returns from ban

Banned Olympian returns to national team for crucial tour

Tom Craig — the Kookaburra who served a six-month ban for attempting to buy drugs at the Paris Olympics — will return for the country’s FIH Pro League title defence.

Australian field hockey player who tried to buy drugs at the Paris Olympics returns from ban

SYDNEY (AP) — Field hockey player Tom Craig was recalled to the Australian national team on Friday after serving a six-month suspension for trying to buy drugs at the Paris Olympics.

Kooka’s ‘heartbreaking’ exile ends after Games shame

Disgraced Kookaburra Tom Craig will play out his career with gratitude after earning a recall following a “heartbreaking” six-month suspension. The Australian hockey star was stripped of his Olympic privileges when he was arrested in Paris following the side’s Games exit last year. He spent the night in a Paris jail after attempting to buy drugs but escaped without a fine or conviction. Craig after being released following his arrest in Paris. …

Kooka's 'heartbreaking' exile ends after Games shame

Tom Craig has been recalled to the Kookaburras after serving a six-month Hockey Australia ban following his arrest in Paris after the side's Olympics exit.