- Liz Cambage engaged in a fight with Nigerian players during a 2021 scrimmage ahead of the Tokyo Olympics
- Cambage elbowed a Nigerian player and allegedly used racial slurs against them
- In response, a Nigerian player hit the Australian while her team didn’t even interfere
Former WNBA star Liz Cambage has been in the headlines over the last few days. She was previously accused of using racial slurs against Nigerian players during a scrimmage ahead of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
The Australian player opted out of the Olympics but has denied the serious accusations against her. Now, a video of the supposed 2021 altercation between her and Team Nigeria players has surfaced.
Footage has surfaced of the infamous Australia vs. Nigeria game where then- WNBA star Liz Cambage was seen elbowing and slapping opponents in the face. In the same incident, Cambage allegedly called opponents, ‘monkeys.’
Cambage was swung at in retaliation later in the match. pic.twitter.com/MmXI4R2WWq
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Cambage can be clearly seen elbowing a Nigerian player and, after some seconds slapping her in the face. The video refers to the same incident where she allegedly called Nigerian players ‘monkeys’ and asked them to return to their country.
The shocking twist is the fact that the victim ran towards Cambage and threw a wild punch. No Australian player shockingly intervened in the fight and let Cambage pay the consequences of her actions.
Liz Cambage Was Called Out By Nigerian Players For Denying Using Racial Slurs Against Them
The 31-year-old Australian star recently gave an interview with Bleacher Report’s Taylor Rooks. During the interview, Cambage denied all accusations against her.
However, Nigerian players Promise Amukamara and Sarah Ogoke called her out for lying.
“She called us Monkeys and told us to go back to our country. Yes, she said that,” Amukamara said.
While her teammate Ogoke said, “Just open mouth and be talking waaaa. Na lie abeg. We are not recruiting you and you definitely spewed racist profanities against us during our scrimmage.”
Following the release of the heated fight between the two sides, one thing is clear some words were exchanged. Now, whether those were racial slurs or not has to be figured out.
Regardless, there is no way that Cambage gets her wish fulfilled to play for the Nigerian national team, as she claimed during her interview with Rooks. After all, there is definitely some bad blood between the two sides.
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