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Hi michasik and welcome. I found Cyclemondo (web search) has a good range of Colnago decals and is quite a Colnago expert. Rust can clean-up quite well if it is not too bad and painting a frame can be done at home if you have the right gear. If not, perhaps a local car panel beater/spray painter could help. A local bike shop may have contacts in your area too.
I know you need 10 posts to post photographs through a photo host site, but I suggest posting a few photos of your Colnago. Give us a look at it as there are so many forum members who have travelled this very same path. You may not need to go down the re-painting path. Sometimes it is worthwhile just giving the bike a pretty good clean-up to markedly improve the overall look of the bike. Touching-up the paint is also a possibility. I have brought bikes back from a totally unrecognisable state to be quite highly desirable without having to re-paint. I did either touch-up the decals or replace the decals if no other option was going to work.
A Colnago Sport is not the top Colnago frame but it is still very nice and a really great place to begin your classic bike involvement. Best wishes.