Popular basketball player Liz Cambage reportedly called the Nigerian players 'monkeys' in the pre-Olympics practice match, leading to her exit from the national team program. Liz Cambage called the Nigerian team monkeys (Image via Juan Ocampo/Getty Images)She reportedly slapped another Nigerian player in the face and called the whole team 'monkeys' and said, "Go back to your third world country." Liz Cambage denies directing a racial slur at the Nigerian teamLiz Cambage responded to the claims of directing a racial slur towards the Nigerian women's basketball team last year. I did not use the racial slur toward the Nigerian team that has been circulating." She had already apologized for her actions during a Nigerian team dinner the day after the incident and to the Opals teammates.

Source: Fox News May 30, 2022 14:29 UTC