FILE PHOTO: Football Soccer - FIFA Awards Ceremony - Zurich, Switzerland - 09/01/17. Former Dutch player Marco van Basten arrives at the ceremony. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
(Reuters) - Former Netherlands forward Marco van Basten has been suspended from his role as a television analyst for one week after using a term associated with Nazi rallies.
The 55-year-old said "Sieg Heil", which in German means "hail victory", on the Dutch edition of Fox Sports after a German coach was interviewed by one of the channel's reporters for the De Eretribune show on Sunday.
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