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FOOTBALL: BARCELONA: Barcelona has agreed to rescind the contract of their World Cup winning Brazilian forward Rivaldo with immediate effect. The move, agreed by the two parties and announced on Barcelona's official website, brings an end to the Brazilian's five-year career at the Catalan club. ``Both parties believe that this decision comes in their best interests,'' the statement read. ``They wish to express the satisfactory nature of their relationship up to now and the good spirit in which the talks took place.'' Rivaldo, who had one more season to run on his contract, joined Barcelona from Deportivo La Coruna in 1997 and helped the club to the Spanish league title in his first two seasons. Rivaldo would have been able to leave for nothing in any case when his contract was up in June 2003 and Barcelona will be satisfied in saving estimated salary costs of around $7.5 million. PARIS: The Mayor of Paris honoured Ronaldhino with its Grand Medal on Sunday, the same day the Brazilian soccer star was returning to practice with the Paris Saint-Germain team. ``It's a veritable love story that Paris shares with soccer and with Brazil,'' Mayor Bertrand Delanoe said. When the French team was quickly eliminated from the World Cup, ``the Brazilian team became the team of France,'' the mayor said. Ronaldhino accepted the medal, flanked by his mother Miguelina, his sister Daisy and PSG officials. ``I don't speak French, so ``merci,'' the star said briefly. SANTIAGO: Coach Luiz Felipe Scolari, who led Brazil to win its fifth World Cup soccer title in June, was quoted today as saying that Pele knows nothing about soccer. Scolari told the Santiago daily La Tercera that the Brazilian players didn't want their countryman Pele, considered by many to be the greatest player ever, to hand them the trophy after their 2-0 win over Germany in the World Cup final in Yokohama. Scolari said the players were very unhappy with Pele's critical remarks about the team prior to the World Cup, which was held in Japan and South Korea. The paper interviewed the coach, known as Felipao, during a recent vacation at a ski resort near Santiago. ``I think Pele knows nothing about soccer and all analysis are always mistaken. As a coach, he has won nothing,'' Scolari told the paper. ``If you want to win, listen to what Pele says and then do the other way around.'' MOTOR SPORTS: KERPEN (GERMANY): Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder led Germany in celebration of Michael Schumacher's fifth Formula One world championship, which the Ferrari driver sealed with victory at the French Grand Prix. ``You have broken almost every record in Formula One and set completely new standards. I heartily congratulate you and the whole Ferrari team,'' Schroeder wrote in a telegram to Schumacher. ``A fantastic victory in an already unique career.'' Meanwhile, hundreds of fans clad in red Ferrari caps and shirts erupted with joy in Schumacher's Rhineland home town of Kerpen, not far from Cologne. Fans watching the race on a giant screen in a hall in the town cheered, clapped and waved German and Ferrari flags as the German clocked up his eighth victory in 11 races. , giving him an unbeatable lead of 62 points with a maximum of 60 remaining. HOCKEY: KARACHI: Pakistan hockey legend retired Brigadier Manzoor Hussain Atif will be awarded the ``membership of honour'' by the International Hockey Federation (FIH) in November this year. ``I am honoured to get a letter from FIH that they will bestow membership of honour on me for my services to the game,'' Atif said. Atif, 77, becomes the second Pakistani to get this award after former Pakistan Hockey Federation President Air Marshall Nur Khan. ``I think this is a reward for my love for the game and it is an award for my country which is one of the most hockey loving nations in the world.'' The award, announced in an FIH letter to Atif , is given for the outstanding services in the game and he became eligible after serving the game as a player and an official for 50 years. ``I will not contest for any post in the FIH from next year, but my love for the sport will last...,'' he said. Atif played in four Olympics games from 1952 to 1964, winning two silvers and a gold medal in the Rome Olympics in 1960, while as a coach-manager he helped Pakistan win their last Olympic gold in the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984. He also served FIH as Vice President for over 20 years and is currently the chairman of FIH Rules Board and a member of the FIH Executive Board. CRICKET: SOUTHAMPTON: Hamsphire is keen to rope in Sachin Tendulkar to bolster the team's strength and is likely to open negotiations with the master batsman shortly. ``We have had Shane Warne on our staff. We want to attract the very best players. Tendulkar is the game's best batsman, so we are interested,'' said Hampshire's cricket director Tim Tremlett. ``You have to go for the best if you want to compete with the likes of Surrey and Yorkshire and win the (county) championship,'' Tremlett said. He admitted they would need external financial sponsorship to attract Tendulkar.
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