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Liz Cambage.Juan Ocampo \/ NBAE via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

Liz Cambage is in hot water.<\/p>\n

Nearly a year ago, the WNBA superstar abruptly parted ways with the Australian Opals mere days ahead of the Tokyo Olympics after citing mental health challenges. But recent reporting suggests Cambage’s tenure di lei with her country’s women’s national basketball team came to an end after a closed-door scrimmage against Nigeria turned ugly.<\/p>\n

According to video obtained by The Daily Telegraph, an Australian outlet, the 6-foot-8 center found herself in a contentious battle in the post during the now-infamous July 13 contest. As her team di lei trailed and her frustration di lei grew, Cambage resorted to swinging an elbow at her opponent’s chest, leaving Nigerian center Victoria Macaulay with a deep cut above her collar bone.<\/p>\n

After a brief timeout, things reportedly got chippy between Cambage and another player. Not long after the initial play, which one Nigerian player called “malicious,” Cambage slapped an opponent across the face.<\/p>\n

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When that player retaliated with her fists, Cambage responded with a racist tirade. Several players from both teams report hearing her di lei tell Nigerian players to “go back to your third-world country,” with others attested she called them “monkeys.”<\/p>\n

In an Instagram post published Monday, Cambage – who joined the WNBA’s Los Angeles Sparks in free agency this off-season – vehemently denied using “the racial slur towards the Nigerian team that has been circulating.” She also insisted that she fouled Macaulay “unintentionally” and that the entire situation “was handled privately, almost a year ago.”<\/p>\n