Australian national Hockey team Kookaburras member Tom Craig was banned for a year from sports events following his drug bust arrest during this summer’s Paris Olympics, media outlets reported late Tuesday.

Field hockey player Tom Craig has been suspended for 12 months by the sport's Australian governing body for attempting to purchase cocaine at the Paris Olympics.

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.

Field hockey player Tom Craig has been suspended by the sport's Australian governing body for attempting to purchase cocaine at the Paris Olympics.

He faced Australian media in Paris after French prosecutors issued a statement confirming the now 29-year-old Olympian – a silver medallist at Tokyo three years ago – was give