| | RIA Novosti - Sports - Coach Guus Hiddink given six-month suspended sentence-1 |
 | | Hiddink, 60, who signed a two-year contract with Russia worth 4 million euros last year, has been embroiled in a tax scandal in his home country, with Dutch prosecutors demanding a 10-month prison sentence for failing to pay Dutch taxes. |
 | | A lawyer for Hiddink said his defendant was pleased that he was acquitted of tax evasion charges for 2002 and would not be going to prison, but was disappointed with the 6-month sentence, although only suspended. |
 | | Hiddink was not present in the court during today's verdict and a court's spokesman said the coach did not give a reason for his absence. |
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