ROME (AP) " Rome's city council will vote Thursday whether to support Mayor Virginia Raggi's rejection of the city's bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics. The motion is expected to pass easily since Raggi's anti-establishment 5-Star Movement holds a majority on the city council. Raggi's rejection occurred four years after then-Premier Mario Monti stopped Rome's plans to bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics because of financial concerns. If the motion is approved, it would leave only Los Angeles, Paris and Budapest, Hungary, in the running for 2024. The International Olympic Committee will decide on the host city in September 2017.

Source: New Zealand Herald September 26, 2016 12:56 UTC