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LONDON (Reuters) - World record holder Usain Bolt will race over 100 metres at the Diamond League meeting in Rome on May 31 in preparation for the London Olympics. The Jamaican triple Olympic champion won the event at the meeting last year. "I'm training hard, the off season has been good. Everything is going according to plan," Bolt said in a statement on Thursday. "The aim is to defend my ...

Sublime with Rome -- the new incarnation of Sublime -- and Everlast will join forces for a March 13 gig at Fresno's Rainbow Ballroom.

Usain Bolt will run the 100 meters at the Golden Gala in Rome as preparation to defend three sprint titles at the London Olympics.

Bolt made his season debut in Rome last year, winning the 100 in 9.91 seconds.

ROME (Reuters) - A meeting between Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel planned on January 20 in Rome has been postponed and will probably be held at the end of February, the German embassy in Rome said on Monday. "The planned three-way summit on Friday has been cancelled. It should be rescheduled to around end-February," the ...

World record holder Usain Bolt will take part in the Rome Diamond League meeting on May 31 as part of his pre-Olympic preparation, organisers said on Thursday.

Usain Bolt will run the 100 meters at the Golden Gala in Rome again this year as he prepares to defend three sprint titles at the London Olympics three months later. Organizers of the May 31 meet announced the Jamaican's participation on Thursday. "I'm training hard, the offseason has been good.

ROME -- A 23 year-old Rome woman has been arrested for endangering the welfare of a child after her 2-year-old son was found walking alone on a city street on Jan. 15.