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VAR official says hand gesture was 'involuntary, subconscious twitch'
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- Figure caption, Fifa seek explanation over VAR official's hand gesture
- Video assistant referee Shaun Evans has denied "intentionally" making a hand gesture "to communicate a message, affiliation, game or belief of any kind" after he was cleared by a Fifa investigation.
- Evans says the gesture was a "an involuntary, subconscious twitch" that he was "unaware" of.
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Figure caption, Fifa seek explanation over VAR official's hand gesture
Video assistant referee Shaun Evans has denied "intentionally" making a hand gesture "to communicate a message, affiliation, game or belief of any kind" after he was cleared by a Fifa investigation.
Evans says the gesture was a "an involuntary, subconscious twitch" that he was "unaware" of.
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