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Aussie basketball star Liz Cambage allegedly used a disgraceful racist slur against the Nigerian team at a warm-up game in 2021, sparking a brawl that ended with her quitting the national team.
The former Opal has been accused of calling the Nigerians 'monkeys' after elbowing one of her opponents in the neck and slapping another in the face during the clash, which is still sending shockwaves through the Australian national team.
Cambage used the slur after a Nigerian player king-hit her in the head as retaliation for the two physical clashes, the Daily Telegraph reported.
A Nigerian player claims the Australian told one of her teammates on the day of the brawl that she wished she played for the African nation because her fellow Opals were racist, according to the publication.
Liz Cambage has been accused of calling Nigerian players 'monkeys' during an infamous brawl that derailed Australia's preparations for the Tokyo Olympics
A Nigerian player claims the former Opals star told her that her Aussie teammates were racist and she wished she played for the African nation instead
'She was really complimenting us, and she was saying that her Australian team is racist. This was on the day of the scrimmage,' the player said.
'It's like something in a movie, unrealistic.'
Earlier this month former Opals captain Jenna O'Hea alleged Cambage told the Nigerian team to 'go back to your third world country' during the match, which was held in Las Vegas just weeks before the Tokyo Olympics.
One Nigerian player made the same allegation to the publication, with another
