‘Cunning’ Rivaldo is fined £4,500

RIVALDO was in unrepentant mood after FIFA’s disciplinary committee fined him £4,500 with £680 costs for feigning injury during Brazil’s 2-1 win over Turkey.

‘Cunning’ Rivaldo is fined £4,500

RIVALDO was in unrepentant mood after FIFA’s disciplinary committee fined him £4,500 with £680 costs for feigning injury during Brazil’s 2-1 win over Turkey.

Rivaldo clutched his face and went down in apparent agony after Turkey’s Hakan Unsal drove the ball at his thighs as he waited to take a corner towards the end of the Group C clash in Ulsan.

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