Australian Who Once Racially Abused D’Tigress Applies to Play for Nigeria

Olawale Ajimotokan with agency report

 Australian female basketball player, Elizabeth Folake Cambage, in the midst of a racial slur directed at members of D’Tigress during a pre-Olympics practice matchin 2021 has sensationally signalled her intention to play for Nigeria at next year’s Olympic Games in Paris.

Cambage, who no longer represents the Opals is alleged to have called D’Tigress “monkeys” and asked them to go back to their Third World country during a row when Australia played Nigeria ahead of Tokyo 2020.

Her slur was said to be targeted at opposing Nigerian centre Victoria Macaulay, who she shoved with an elbow during the closed-door practice game in Las Vegas.

“We’re filing for me to leave the Australian team, so I can represent Nigeria. I’ve been in cahoots, I’ve been talking to them since all of this happened. This is what I mean, people don’t know the truth,” Cambage said.

The centre, who is 2.06m tall has always denied ever making the racist remarks toward the Nigerians, in stark contrast to the accounts of players from both teams that day.

Cambage has maintained her innocence, which appears to be subtle move tom downplay the incident, telling Bleacher Report there were tapes of the incident that would clear her name.

“A lot of girls don’t like me. I don’t really lean towards racially backed insults,” she said.

“That’s not how I go. I’m very pro-Black. I did not say these things to these girls.

“Leak the tapes. I’ve never owned the tapes. Leak the tapes. Y’all want to see the truth, leak the tapes. Everyone in Australia that has seen the tapes, still lying about what is on these tapes, leak the tapes.

“I want it out there. Put it out there. I’ve never owned it. I didn’t even have it when everything happened. I couldn’t even protect myself with it. I had to get lawyers to get a tape with my own assault on it.”

But there appears to be a groundswell of objection to her behind the scene move to change nationality as one of Nigeria’s top players, Promise Amukamara in response to Cambage’s claims, wrote on social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) : “I’m sorry but this is false.

“Literally everyone from both teams have the same story BUT her, so y’all do the math… the only person she has been in “cahoots” w/ (sic) was the former coach of our National team and he’s no longer the coach, so there’s that!”