Last week, an investigation by The Daily Telegraph found that Sparks center Liz Cambage used a racial slur toward the Nigerian national team in a scrimmage prior to the 2021 Olympics.
The report includes details of a stunning video showing the Australian center incite a brawl after elbowing an opponent in the head and slapping another player in a closed-door scrimmage against Nigeria prior to last summer’s Olympics. Anonymous Nigerian players interviewed by The Daily Telegraph claim Cambage, 30, called the Nigerian players “monkeys” and told them to “go back to your third-world country” during the fight.
Cambage has since denied saying those discriminatory insults to her opponents. She ended up withdrawing from the 2021 Olympics to take care of herself “mentally and physically.”
