World Cup Referee Faces Scrutiny for Alleged White-Power Gesture on Air
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A World Cup match broadcast drew scrutiny after Australian referee Shaun Evans appeared to flash a hand gesture now associated with White supremacist symbolism during a cut to the video-review studio. Fare network and the Anti-Defamation League flagged the gesture as a potential extremist signal, while FIFA declined to comment. Evans, an experienced official serving as VAR at the tournament, has not been sanctioned publicly, but the incident has renewed debate over the display of controversial symbols on global broadcasts.
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