Cambodia incident

Three Australia footballers out of 2020 Olympics

Ag AFP

SYDNEY: Three Australian under-23 footballers were banned on Tuesday until August next year, ruling them out of the Tokyo Olympics, following a complaint by a woman about their behaviour in Cambodia.

Nathaniel Atkinson, Lachlan Wales and Brandon Wilson were all found guilty of code of conduct breaches during the AFC U-23 Championship qualifying tournament in Cambodia in March.They were suspended from national team duties for unprofessional conduct until August 10 — the day after the Tokyo Olympics closing ceremony — and ordered to take part in counselling. A fourth player, Riley McGree, was banned until April 1.