{"id":140718,"date":"2021-10-07T22:52:12","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T22:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=140718"},"modified":"2021-10-08T04:00:28","modified_gmt":"2021-10-08T04:00:28","slug":"cambage-faces-ban-as-tokyo-probe-nears-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=140718","title":{"rendered":"Cambage faces ban as Tokyo probe nears end"},"content":{"rendered":"

An investigation into the incident that led to Liz Cambage<\/a> withdrawing from the Tokyo Games<\/a> is nearing completion, with the WNBA star set to front a hearing to discuss her behaviour during a pre-Olympic exhibition match against Nigeria.<\/p>\n

Cambage<\/a> admitted she was involved in a heated clash in the warm up game against the African nation, getting into a physical altercation and exchanging words with the opposition.<\/p>\n

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In late July, Basketball Australia confirmed the governing body's integrity unit was investigating Cambage for what it described as a "breach of the integrity framework and code of conduct".<\/p>\n

The probe included extensive interviews with Australian and Nigerian players as part of a report, with Basketball Australia giving all parties a final chance to have their say.<\/p>\n

\"Elizabeth<\/p>\n

Cambage will appear via Zoom and if she's found guilty she faces a suspension from the national team and the WNBL competition.<\/p>\n

Citing mental health issues, including panic attacks, Cambage withdrew from the Opals' Tokyo Olympic campaign shortly after the incident came to light<\/a>. In her absence the Opals got thumped in the quarter finals by Team USA, 79-55.<\/p>\n

After leaving the team, Cambage confirmed on social media there had been a physical and verbal altercation but said there were many rumours doing the rounds that were inaccurate.<\/p>\n

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"Yeah, things got heated in the Nigeria game. There was a physical altercation and there were words exchanged, but I'm hearing things that aren't true at all," Cambage said.<\/p>\n

"Everything that happened and everything that was said is on film. I know what happened."<\/p>\n

She also denied she broke team protocols and left the Opals' Las Vegas bubble. Basketball Australia's hearing will not cover those claims.<\/p>\n

The Australian is currently playing in the WNBA playoffs for the Las Vegas Aces, who are level at 2-all in their semi-final series against the Phoenix Mercury.<\/p>\n

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An investigation into the incident that led to Liz Cambage withdrawing from the Tokyo Games is nearing completion, with the WNBA star set to front […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140718"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=140718"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":140720,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140718\/revisions\/140720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=140718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=140718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=140718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}