Paris, July 22: The mayor of Paris honoured Ronaldhino with its grand medal yesterday, 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.

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