The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has rejected a request by two women's basketball players to represent Nigeria at the Tokyo Olympics, after they were not selected in the United States team having played for them during qualifying.
Nneka Ogwumike, who plays for WNBA side Los Angeles Sparks, has helped the U.S. team win two gold medals in the World Cup.The Court of Arbitration for Sport has rejected a request by two women's basketball players to represent Nigeria at the Tokyo Olympics, after they were not selected in the United States team having played for them during qualifying.
They requested an"exceptional change" of their national status, but basketball's world governing body FIBA declined and the pair went to sport's highest court. It added that the players would have to wait for three years after their last game for the U.S. team to be eligible to play at the Games, as per rules set out in the Olympic Charter.
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