Italy to bid for 2024 Olympic Games: PM


Rome, Dec 15 (IANS): Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi Monday announced that Italy will formally present by September next year its candidacy to host the 2024 Olympic Games.

Renzi made the announcement at a ceremony held at the headquarters of the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) here, reports Xinhua.

"The Italian government will work together with CONI to present Italy's candidacy to the 2024 Olympics within September 2015," he said.

Renzi pledged that the Italian project will be "cutting edge" as the country has all the conditions to host the games.

"We are not going to present our candidacy not in order to participate, but in order to win," he stressed.

Florence and Naples as well as the Sardinia island will be involved in the Rome-centred project, Renzi highlighted.

The prime minister added that sports is a fundamental element for the success of a country and his government was particularly committed to reinforce sports activities in schools.

In 2012, Rome was forced to drop its bid for the 2020 Olympic Games when the then prime minister Mario Monti said it would not be wise for his emergency government to make such a financial commitment amid deep economic crisis.

 

  

Top Stories


Leave a Comment

Title: Italy to bid for 2024 Olympic Games: PM



You have 2000 characters left.

Disclaimer:

Please write your correct name and email address. Kindly do not post any personal, abusive, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent, discriminatory or unlawful or similar comments. Daijiworld.com will not be responsible for any defamatory message posted under this article.

Please note that sending false messages to insult, defame, intimidate, mislead or deceive people or to intentionally cause public disorder is punishable under law. It is obligatory on Daijiworld to provide the IP address and other details of senders of such comments, to the authority concerned upon request.

Hence, sending offensive comments using daijiworld will be purely at your own risk, and in no way will Daijiworld.com be held responsible.