Olympic Newsdesk -- Canada Eyes Possible 2022 Winter Games Bid; Boxing Body Punishes Korea

Canada Considers 2022 Olympic Bid

The Vancouver Olympics in 2010 haven't even begun and Canadian officials are considering hosting another Winter Games.

According to a report in 24 Hours Vancouver, Chris Rudge, the chief executive of the Canadian Olympic Committee said they are considering a bid for 2022.

"While we have not made any kind of specific commitments, we certainly are looking at what the next Winter Games might be," Rudge was quoted as saying. "We probably recognize 2018 might be a bit premature, only two Games after Vancouver... 2022 might be realistic."

The IOC announced the bidding process for the 2018 Olympics on Friday. Marcel Aubut, the Quebecois president of the Canadian Olympic Committee, said before his election that Quebec should host the Winter Olympics.

Rudge seemed sympathetic to a bid from Quebec City, which tried to secure the COC's vote to bid for the 2010 Olympics.

"There's not a more beautiful environment in the world for a Winter Olympics than Quebec City," Rudge said.

Munich, Germany and PyeongChang, Korea along with Annecy in France are the only cities to have announced they will bid for the 2018 Games.

AIBA Punishes Korean Boxing Chief

The International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA) suspended Korean Amateur Boxing Federation chief Yoo Jae-joon for 18 months after he sent a banned official to an international competition.

Yoo was also fined $1,860 by AIBA, the Korean Olympic Committee announced Sunday.

AIBA said the KBA sent one of its executives as South Korea's team doctor to a youth competition in Armenia in May.

This violated the governing body's earlier suspension of all KBA boxing officials pending a probe into allegations of a fraudulent weigh-in at a world junior championship in April.

His suspension was the latest in a series of embarrassments and suspensions for the KBA.

AIBA has yet to decide whether it will lift the ban on Korean boxers, coaches and trainers in time for the World Championships to be held in Milan, Italy, from Sept. 1 to 12.

The federation further penalized the KBA by excluding boxers and officials from international competitions, citing a "continuous violation" of its technical and competition rules as well as its code of ethics.

Yoo is expected to appeal the decision in the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

German Bids for 2014/2016 TV Rights

German free-to-air broadcasters ARD and ZDF have tabled a joint bid of about $129 million for the rights to screen the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics and the 2016 Summer Games in Germany.

They face competition from pay-TV service SKY Germany, which has bid more than $143 million to broadcast both Olympics.

The figures were disclosed in a report by Der Spiegel on Monday.

The bids come after the IOC last year rejected the European Broadcasting Union’s offer for the two-Games package in favor of negotiating individual deals with Germany, Spain, France and the U.K. in order to grow revenues. SPORTFIVE is handling other European territories.

News Corp's Sky Italia and Fox Turkey have already secured rights for the two Games in Italy and Turkey.

Chicago, Madrid, Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro are bidding to host the 2016 Games, with the IOC vote coming Oct. 2.

With reporting from Mark Bisson.