FIFA has criticized a referee at the World Cup who is accused of favoritism Football News

Australian referee Shaun Evans says he did not want to ‘send a message, agreement, game or belief of any kind’.

FIFA says it has found no “evidence” that one of its World Cup players broke its rules after being accused of making a decision. white supremacist hands during one of the games.

“FIFA’s Independent Committee can confirm that, after reviewing the case involving TV assistant manager Shaun Evans, it found no evidence of a breach of the FIFA Disciplinary Code,” world football’s governing body told Al Jazeera in an email on Monday.

In the past, FIFA oversees discrimination on World Cup called for Evans, who acts as VAR chief in the tournament, to be dismissed for appearing to make a hand gesture as a clean signal.

When the government broadcast of Germany’s opening game against Curacao on Sunday he cut the first game to show a group of video analysts, Australian captain Evans made a sign “OK” with his right hand in front of his right leg.

Although the game was played in Houston, video executives work in Dallas for the World Cup broadcast.

Evans said the gestures were not intentional, nor did they create “a message, agreement, game or belief of any kind”.

“The only explanation I can give is that the team was independent, unconscious and I didn’t know I did it at the time,” the official said in a statement shortly before FIFA’s announcement.

“Photos taken later in the game showed that I repeated the move several times while keeping the pen between my fingers,” Evans added.

“The aftermath of this incident does not reflect who I am. Yes, I understand the meaning of the hand gesture and I regret it; however, I want to state clearly and unequivocally that I did not knowingly or intentionally make the hand gesture.”