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Olympic hockey star rams stick into head of injured opponent as match gets feisty
Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!An Olympic hockey player whacked his opponent on the head with his stick during a match between Spain and Argentina.Hockey is one of the more aggressive sports at the Games - and so it proved as the two nations faced off in the Pool A clash.In a bizarre incident, Argentine Lucas Rossi, 36, hit Spaniard David Alegre, 36, on the head while he received treatment for cramp.During the closing stages of the match, Alegre laid down on the ground after his muscle appeared to give way.One Argentina player went over to help the stricken star, but Rossi had other ideas.Perhaps sensing his opponent was attempting to run down the clock, Rossi shouted in his face and prodded him with his stick.