News live: Fifa clears Australia VAR official over hand gesture during World Cup broadcast; postal workers report rise in dog-related incidents
Australian video assistant referee (VAR) Shaun Evans has been cleared by Fifa of any wrongdoing after saying he did not intentionally make a hand gesture used by white supremacists. AAP reports Evans made an upside down “OK” symbol with his right hand in front of his right leg. It was interpreted by some as a reference to the “circle game” – in which the aim is to trick other people into looking at a specific hand gesture – but others believed Evans had made a gesture referencing white supremacy. Fifa found Evans had not breached its disciplinary code. “FIFA’s independent disciplinary committee can confirm that, after looking into the matter involving support video assistant referee Shaun Evans, it has found no evidence of breaches of the FIFA disciplinary code,” the game’s governing body said in a statement. double quotation mark The disciplinary committee has also taken note of Mr Evans’ statement. As we reported in the blog earlier , Evans said he did not make the gesture intentionally, saying it was an “involuntary, subconscious twitch”. World Cup official cleared by Fifa and says gesture was ‘subconscious twitch’ Read more
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Is our sports broadcasting really becoming too politicized? Shouldnt we focus on the game itself rather than these hand gesture controversies? #VAR #FIFA