in a statement. this the national hockey league has announced it will not be sending any players to the winter olympics which get under way in beijing in february. the decision comes after the regular season schedule was disrupted due to a surge in covid—19 cases. 50 games have already been postponed in the regular season that the nhl now plans to play at the same time as the olympics. the decision by the nhl means some of the world's top ice hockey players won't be competing at the games. amazon, facebook and twitter are among firms to announce that they will not send teams to the consumer electronics show, due to take place in las vegas injanuary over fears about rising covid—19 cases. the organisers have said the conference will be going ahead, with health precautions. otherfirms, including google, still plan to attend the event. ces is one of the technology calendar�*s busiest weeks, where firms show off new gadgets and talk through trends and regularly attracted almost 200,000 people before covid forced