Inside timeline of Aussie star’s cocaine run-in with Paris law
As a Hockey Australia family-and-friends function broke up on Tuesday night, Kookaburras striker Tom Craig went looking for trouble. A timeline of the events that followed.
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Arrest photo: Olympian tried to run from cops after buying cocaine
An Australian hockey athlete says he is “truly sorry” after being barred from the Olympic village and closing ceremony for buying cocaine on a Paris street and fleeing police.
Aussie drug arrest rocks Paris Olympics
An Australian Olympic hockey player has reportedly been arrested for drug offences in Paris.
‘WTF’s going on?’: Infamous night nine Olympians faced slammer
They were just trying to support their Olympic mates but one cheeky plan landed former Kookaburra Simon Orchard and eight other Aussie Olympians inside a Brazilian jailhouse.
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Why Kookaburra amputated finger for Olympic glory
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Gold or bust? Mammoth task for Kookaburras redeem team
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‘Courage over comfort’: Hockeyroo hits back at Olympics snub
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Olympian amputates finger to compete
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‘No high fives’: Why axed hockey star’s bias claim rejected
Dumped Hockeyroo Rosie Malone complained coach Katrina Powell was biased against her and did not high five her like other players as part of a failed appeal of her controversial Olympic axing.
Culture sins of Hockeyroos past don’t define us: Claxton
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