Olympics: Armani, Benigni among Rome 2024 ambassadors

(ANSA) - Rome, July 28 - Rome's bid to host the 2024 Olympics has recruited Italian cinema heavyweights Roberto Benigni, Monica Bellucci and Paolo Sorrentino to be ambassadors as well as fashion icon Giorgio Armani, Oscar-winning composer Ennio Morricone, conductor Riccardo Muti and singers Andrea Bocelli and Laura Pausini, the bid committee said Thursday. Top business figures Andrea Agnelli, Nerio Alessandri, Alberica Antinori, Guido Barilla, Alessandro Benetton, Giovanni Ferrero and Marco Tronchetti are also on board, it said.
    "Italian excellence takes to the field alongside Roma 2024," a statement said.
    There are doubts about the bid as Rome's new Mayor Virginia Raggi said before being elected last month that she was against the capital hosting the Games.
    She has since confirmed they are not a priority, while saying a final decision will be made later in the year.