India ready to host 2012 Olympics: Vajpayee

Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has said that India was ready to host the 2012 Olympic Games and that he would consider Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu's offer of Hyderabad as the venue.

"Indian sports persons had done well in the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games and now we are ready to enter the Olympics," Vajpayee said during the closing ceremony of the 32nd National Games at the G M C Balayogi Stadium in Hyderabad on Sunday evening.

The prime minister was responding to Naidu's urging the Indian Olympic Association to bid for the 2012 Olympics.

Nineteen-year old Richa Mishra of Andhra Pradesh and 16-year old Rehan Poncha of Karnataka were adjudged the best sportsperson of the games among women and men respectively.

The Raja Bharendra Singh Trophy for the best team was awarded to Andhra Pradesh.