CAMBAGE FACES STINT ON SIDELINES OVER ALTERCATION
LIZ Cambage is set to be suspended for next year’s World Cup in Sydney for her behaviour during a pre-Olympic exhibition match against Nigeria.
The 30-yearold’s international career for Australia hangs in the balance as she prepares to front an independent panel to discuss her involvement in a heated altercation that unfolded in a closed-door scrimmage against the Nigerians in July prior to the Tokyo Olympics.
It’s understood Basketball Australia has gathered enough evidence from countless witnesses and player interviews, including members of the Opals and Nigerian team, to suspend Cambage from the World Cup. The evidence suggests the four-time WNBA All-Star was involved in a physical altercation and an ugly verbal exchange with the Nigerian team. Cambage has previously conceded she came to blows in a heated verbal clash.
“Yeah, things got heated in the Nigeria game. There was a physical altercation and there were words exchanged, but I’m hearing things that aren’t true at all,” Cambage said.