Cambage 'third world' jibe sparked Nigeria brawl - O'Hea

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SYDNEY : Former Australia captain Jenna O'Hea said on Sunday that a Liz Cambage jibe about Nigeria being a third world country was behind the brawl at a pre-Olympic warm up game in Las Vegas last year. WNBA All Star Cambage subsequently pulled out of the Australia squad for the Tokyo Olympics citing menta

SYDNEY : Former Australia captain Jenna O'Hea said on Sunday that a Liz Cambage jibe about Nigeria being a third world country was behind the brawl at a pre-Olympic warm up game in Las Vegas last year.

Asked to confirm whether Cambage had told the Nigerian players to"go back to your third world country" during the game on an Australian Broadcasting Corporation TV show on Sunday, O'Hea said:"That is all 100 per cent correct". Cambage said last December that she had"zero" interest in representing Australia at the World Cup on home soil in September and October this year.

 

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