‘I’ll never let us experience that again’:Rebuilding the Opals
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‘I’ll never let us experience that again’:Rebuilding the Opals

A disastrous and disconnected 2021 was all the impetus the Opals needed to revisit and rebuild their culture. Three years on in Paris,coach Sandy Brondello,captain Tess Madgen and star Lauren Jackson say the squad has never been stronger – or closer

  • byKonrad Marshall

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Cambage denies racial slur as fresh footage emerges of violent incident
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Cambage denies racial slur as fresh footage emerges of violent incident

A new video has emerged of the violent altercation which led to fallen Opals star Liz Cambage leaving the Australian Opals on the eve of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.

  • byJon Pierik
Fallen Opal Liz Cambage maintains innocence,reveals plans to play for Nigeria
Opals

Fallen Opal Liz Cambage maintains innocence,reveals plans to play for Nigeria

Liz Cambage says she’s planning to revive her basketball career by playing for the Nigerian national team. The bid comes two years after an incident with that same team in her last outing for Australia.

  • byJon Pierik
‘I wish it ended on a different note’:Cambage to ‘step away’ from WNBA
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‘I wish it ended on a different note’:Cambage to ‘step away’ from WNBA

The Los Angeles Sparks hit a skid following Cambage’s departure last month and failed to make the play-offs,which begin this week.

  • byRory Carroll
‘Liz had been down this road before’:Cambage splits with WNBA team LA Sparks
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‘Liz had been down this road before’:Cambage splits with WNBA team LA Sparks

Liz Cambage’s basketball career is in limbo after she left WNBA side Los Angeles Sparks with nine games left in the season.

  • byRoy Ward
‘I did not use that slur’:Cambage denies abusing Nigerian players
Opals

‘I did not use that slur’:Cambage denies abusing Nigerian players

Under siege in Australia,Liz Cambage is taking refuge in the LA Sparks as fallout continues from her exit from the Opals last year.

  • byGeorgina Robinson
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Opals stumble as latest Cambage allegations aired
Opals

Opals stumble as latest Cambage allegations aired

The Opals are sick of talking about their famous former teammate but after more explosive allegations came out,the Liz Cambage story looks set to continue.

  • byGeorgina Robinson
Nigerian players claim Cambage called them ‘monkeys’ in Olympic warm-up match
Tokyo Olympics

Nigerian players claim Cambage called them ‘monkeys’ in Olympic warm-up match

Australian basketball star Liz Cambage allegedly called the Nigerian women’s basketball team “monkeys” during an infamous pre-Olympics warm-up match last year.

  • byLachlan Abbott
Absence of WNBA stars gives homegrown Opals chance to shine against Japan
Opals

Absence of WNBA stars gives homegrown Opals chance to shine against Japan

The Opals will host Japan’s Olympic silver medal-winners in three friendly matches ahead of the 2022 World Cup in Sydney this September.

  • byAngus Thomson
‘The truth will always come to light’:Cambage responds to ‘Third World’ sledge
Tokyo Olympics

‘The truth will always come to light’:Cambage responds to ‘Third World’ sledge

Basketball star Liz Cambage has responded to allegations about the abuse she directed towards Nigerian players before the Tokyo Olympics,coming as Australian greats Andrew Bogut and Andrew Gaze weighed into the heated issue.

  • byJon Pierik
‘Go back to your Third World country’:Former Opal confirms Cambage’s sledge
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‘Go back to your Third World country’:Former Opal confirms Cambage’s sledge

Former Opals captain Jenna O’Hea says Australian basketball star Liz Cambage told the Nigerian women’s basketball team to “go back to your Third World country” in a warm-up game before the Olympics last year.

  • byLachlan Abbott