June 15, 2026

World Cup racism monitor urges FIFA to remove match official over hand gesture on TV broadcast

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GENEVA (AP) — FIFA’s discrimination monitor at the World Cup called Monday for a video review official to be removed for appearing to make a hand gesture resembling a white supremacist sign.When the official broadcast of Germany’s opening game against Curaçao on Sunday cut pre-game to show the team of video review analysts, Shaun Evans from Australia made an “OK” symbol with his right hand in front of his right leg. Though the game was played in Houston, video officials work in Dallas at the World Cup broadcast center.In 2019, the gesture — with thumb and forefinger touched in a...

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