ROME: Rome's bid to host the 2024 summer Olympics was dealt a potentially fatal blow on Wednesday after the city mayor refused to give her formal backing.

Giovanni Malago, president of Italy's Olympic Committee (CONI), said last week the organisation would abandon its bid to host the Games in the event Virginia Raggi said no.

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