French police release Australian hockey player caught buying cocaine

Australia’s Olympic hockey player Tom Craig was released from police custody and apologised to his family and teammates, after being arrested in Paris for buying cocaine.

Craig, 28, a silver medallist at the Tokyo Olympics three years ago, has played more than 100 games for the national side. The men’s team, known as the Kookaburras, were knocked out of the Paris Olympics on Sunday in the quarter-finals by the Netherlands.

“I’d firstly like to apologise for what has occurred in the last 24 hours.