Controversial Aussie basketballer Liz Cambage is ejected for two shocking acts of violence during game – then screams at and mocks officials

Polarizing Australian basketball player Liz Cambage has sparked controversy again by being ejected from a match in China for viciously elbowing one opponent in the head and punching another in the face.

The former WNBA player and Australian Opal saw her career on the rocks after she allegedly made racist comments against the Nigerian national team during a warm-up match for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.

Opals teammates and members of the Nigerian team alleged Cambage called her opponents “monkeys” and told them to “go back to your third world country” during a stoppage in play.

That sidelined her against her Nigerian-American Los Angeles Sparks teammates and she was eventually released by the franchise.

Her comments also divided the Opals camp and she has since been blacklisted from never representing her country again.

Vision then shows Cambage elbowing an opponent in the head before pretending nothing happened – then shouting at a match official and bowing dramatically to the crowd

The 32-year-old currently has a $1 million contract with China’s Sichuan Yuanda team

However, Cambage landed solidly on his feet and earned a $1 million contract with the Sichuan Yuanda women’s team in Chengdu – for just three months’ work.

Her huge payday means Cambage earns more than four times as much as the highest-paid WNBA stars, with Supermax contracts of up to $234,936 per season.

However, that money has done little to calm the mood in the center after she was expelled last weekend due to a few ugly incidents.

In the first, Cambage lashes out and hits an opponent on the side of the head from behind while defending.

Luckily she was still on the field, she then threw a nasty elbow into an opponent’s head during a foul.

That led to her elimination from the competition, but Cambage was far from done.

After refusing to leave the court while trying to get officials to watch the incident on video, she charged at an official in a threatening manner and shouted in his face, before taunting the crowd and bowing.

Cambage (pictured second from left) was eventually banned from representing the Opals again following her long list of indiscretions

Cambage (left) was not liked by her Nigerian teammates in the WNBA where she was released by the Los Angeles Sparks team

Cambage herself shared highlights from her club posted to Instagram, while the SiChuan Yuanda Basketball Club wrote: “Liz Cambage had a very efficient performance today, scoring 21 points 11reb 2ast 2stl 2blk, with 7 of 8 two-pointers and 1 out of 1 three-point attempt’.

There was no mention of the violent outbursts or her eviction, despite one of the highlights showing her making contact with the head of the same opponent from the other videos.

Cambage made no mention of these incidents, but did comment several times on her dismissal from the WNBA.

“It’s not my fault my toes make me more than that level,” she noted with a shrug emoji.

“It made it really easy to walk away from horrible treatment and start enjoying my summers.”

Basketball fans were quick to bash the Australian star for her actions, calling her a ‘clown’ and saying ‘a leopard doesn’t change its spots’.

With the Opals gearing up for a tough campaign at the Paris Olympics, several online commentators said they were glad Cambage would not be part of the tournament.

“I’m a proud Australian but Liz is an embarrassment not only to most Australians but to all those ‘honest’ players and spectators who follow sport around the world,” one follower wrote.

“Liz has some issues she needs to sort out,” wrote another.

‘What a waste of talent. Could have gone down in history as one of the greatest of all time if she wasn’t such a magnet for drama. So glad they got her out of the Opals. Her behavior is downright embarrassing,” another added.

Cambage’s side lost the match 96-85 as Inner Mongolia leveled the series 1-1.