Sunday 8 May 2022 04:59 AM Liz Cambage delivered seven word slur to Nigerian basketball team pre-Tokyo ... trends now
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Liz Cambage quit the Olympics after telling the Nigerian basketball team to 'go back to your third world country', Opals captain Jenna O'Hea reveals.
O'Hea said Cambage delivered the seven-word slur after an argument erupted with the opposing team in July 2021.
Australia was playing against Nigeria in a closed warm-up game with the Tokyo Olympics beginning just weeks later.
Details of the altercation had remained unknown and Cambage soon announced she was pulling out of the Australian national team because of 'mental health' concerns.
Liz Cambage told the Nigerian basketball team to 'go back to your third world country' during a pre-Olympic match, according to Opals captain Jenna O'Hea
O'Hea confirmed Cambage had delivered the seven-word slur after an argument erupted with the opposing team in July 2021
ABC's Offsider panellist Kellie Underwood said she confirmed with multiple sources what actually happened on the day - calling Cambage a 'human headline'.
'It all started on the training game when you played Nigeria and it's never really emerged what happened,' Underwood said.
'Is it correct you were playing Nigeria and Liz Cambage had her feathers ruffled and she turned to them and said: "Go back to your third world country"?'
'Ezi Magbegor is originally Nigerian, a Nigerian who's now living in Australia and playing for
