Liz Cambage
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Opals
Cambage denies racial slur as fresh footage emerges of violent incident
A new video has emerged of the violent altercation which led to fallen Opals star Liz Cambage leaving the Australian Opals on the eve of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
- by Jon Pierik
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Fallen Opal Liz Cambage maintains innocence, reveals plans to play for Nigeria
Liz Cambage says she’s planning to revive her basketball career by playing for the Nigerian national team. The bid comes two years after an incident with that same team in her last outing for Australia.
- by Jon Pierik
‘I wish it ended on a different note’: Cambage to ‘step away’ from WNBA
The Los Angeles Sparks hit a skid following Cambage’s departure last month and failed to make the play-offs, which begin this week.
- by Rory Carroll
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WNBA
‘Liz had been down this road before’: Cambage splits with WNBA team LA Sparks
Liz Cambage’s basketball career is in limbo after she left WNBA side Los Angeles Sparks with nine games left in the season.
- by Roy Ward
‘I did not use that slur’: Cambage denies abusing Nigerian players
Under siege in Australia, Liz Cambage is taking refuge in the LA Sparks as fallout continues from her exit from the Opals last year.
- by Georgina Robinson
Opals stumble as latest Cambage allegations aired
The Opals are sick of talking about their famous former teammate but after more explosive allegations came out, the Liz Cambage story looks set to continue.
- by Georgina Robinson
Nigerian players claim Cambage called them ‘monkeys’ in Olympic warm-up match
Australian basketball star Liz Cambage allegedly called the Nigerian women’s basketball team “monkeys” during an infamous pre-Olympics warm-up match last year.
- by Lachlan Abbott
Absence of WNBA stars gives homegrown Opals chance to shine against Japan
The Opals will host Japan’s Olympic silver medal-winners in three friendly matches ahead of the 2022 World Cup in Sydney this September.
- by Angus Thomson
‘The truth will always come to light’: Cambage responds to ‘Third World’ sledge
Basketball star Liz Cambage has responded to allegations about the abuse she directed towards Nigerian players before the Tokyo Olympics, coming as Australian greats Andrew Bogut and Andrew Gaze weighed into the heated issue.
- by Jon Pierik
‘Go back to your Third World country’: Former Opal confirms Cambage’s sledge
Former Opals captain Jenna O’Hea says Australian basketball star Liz Cambage told the Nigerian women’s basketball team to “go back to your Third World country” in a warm-up game before the Olympics last year.
- by Lachlan Abbott
Simmons’ Nets debut looms, LeBron praises Giddey and Cambage arrives in LA
It’s been a big week for Australians in basketball, with LeBron James praising a young rookie, Ben Simmons edging closer to a debut for the Nets and Liz Cambage being unveiled in LA, among other things.
- by Roy Ward