World Cup official cleared by Fifa and says gesture was ‘subconscious twitch’

• Evans had been accused of white supremacist gesture

• ‘The movement was an involuntary,’ says official

Fifa’s disciplinary committee has cleared the World Cup video assistant referee Shaun Evans after he was accused of making a hand gesture associated with white supremacists.

An investigation found no evidence that the Australian had breached Fifa’s ethics code and he issued a statement on Monday night claiming he had been unaware of making the controversial hand sign.

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