FIFA clears World Cup VAR official after involuntary OK gesture linked to white-supremacist symbolism
A FIFA disciplinary panel ruled there was no breach after Shaun Evans, a World Cup video-review official, made an apparent OK hand sign that observers linked to white-supremacist symbolism; Evans said it was an involuntary twitch, and FIFA acknowledged his statement. While Fare network and ADL cautioned about the symbol's connotations, Australia's referees association welcomed the outcome, and Evans remains part of FIFA's VAR team at the tournament.