Video appears to show BBC presenters celebrating Germany's exit from Qatar

A video clip shared on social media appears to show the presenters on a Qatari television programme celebrating Germany's exit from the 2022 World Cup while mocking the team's position on human rights.

A series of presenters are seen waving goodbye to Germany while holding hands over their mouths in a show-up of a gesture that the German team had made before their opening defeat by Japan on 23 November.

Germany had planned to wear the OneLove armband in support of LGBTQ rights in Qatar until Fifa announced at the last moment that they would face sporting sanctions for doing so. The players posed with hands over their mouths to indicate they had been silenced.

The German football association DFB initially indicated it might take legal action against Fifa over the issue, saying it was costing them domestic sponsorship. The supermarket chain REWE ended its ties with the DFB over the armband row.

Another video clip, which appeared to be filmed at Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor at the conclusion of Germany's 4 -- 2 victory over Costa Rica, seemed to show Germany fans being taunted with pictures of Mesut zil. The outspoken player, who has Turkish roots, retired from international football in controversial circumstances in 2018, having appeared for the national team 92 times.

Former England striker Alan Shearer shared his joy at Germany's exit in a rather political way, posting a clip of himself enjoying uproarious laughter with BBC TV presenters Gary Lineker and Micah Richards and the simple caption Germany are out of the FIFA WorldCup in the group stage!