UPDATE — June 16, 01:24 am PT: FIFA’s disciplinary committee has cleared Australian video referee Shaun Evans of any wrongdoing after he was accused of making a hand gesture associated with white supremacists during a broadcast.
An investigation published yesterday by football’s governing body said it had found no evidence that Evans had breached FIFA’s disciplinary Code and the hand gesture was innocuous. Evans also later published a statement denying all allegations.
“I would like to clarify that I did not intentionally make a hand gesture or symbol to communicate a message, affiliation, game or belief of any kind,” Evans
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