An Australian video assistant referee has been accused of making a white nationalist hand gesture during the television broadcast of Germany's 7-1 World Cup victory over Curaçao on Sunday.
As the match coverage showed the video assistant team, official Shaun Evans formed a circle with his thumb and index finger while extending the rest of his fingers.
The hand gesture has traditionally been used to mean "OK," but it has been co-opted by far-right groups in recent years to symbolize the phrase "White Power."
The Anti-Defamation League, a US-based anti-discrimination organization, has characterized the sign as a hate symbol, while adding that it does not always have white nationalist connotations.
Many schoolchildren known the sign as part of a playground game, allowing participants to slap anyone who looks directly at the sign.
US outlet The Athletic reported that world governing body FIFA is aware of the incident but is yet to comment.
However, football anti-discrimination network Fare called for FIFA to intervene, accusing Evans of "intentionally transmitting a far-right neo-Nazi symbol," according to The Athletic.
