Parker gets green light for London Games

France star Tony Parker was yesterday cleared to take part in the London Olympics after suffering an eye injury in an altercation in a nightclub in New York last month. The news that the San Antonio Spurs points guard has been given the green light is a boost for the team after the withdrawnal of Bulls centre Joakim Noah with a nagging ankle injury. “I just arrived in Paris with good news. I’m going to the Olympics!!! I’m really happy I got the green light from Spurs!! Thank you Pop!! Now, towards London with beautiful protective glasses!” Parker wrote on his Twitter account. Parker suffered a scratch to his cornea after being hit by a thrown glass bottle during a scuffle between singer Chris Brown and members of hip hop star Drake’s entourage. The Spurs player sought the opinions of two expert ophthalmologists who agreed with the French doctor who operated on Parker and two Swiss experts that he had recovered enough to play. The French Basketball Federation confirmed Parker’s participation and said he had received the backing of San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, the ‘Pop’ of his Twitter post, to take part. from gulf times.