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International Ice Hockey Federation President Rene Fasel said he had a good discussion Wednesday with NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and NHL Players Association Executive Director Don Fehr about the worlds top hockey players participating in the 2018 Olympics in South Korea.No hitting, and no elbows, Fasel joked in a telephone interview with The Associated Press.Bettman described the meeting as constructive and candid.Still lots of issues, Bettman wrote in an email to the AP.Fasel said his job is to raise funds for the players transportation and insurance. The International Olympic Committee does not want to cover those costs as it has the previous five Olympics. Fasel hopes to persuade the IOC to financially support the NHLs participation.It is the only league that shuts down to participate in the Winter or Summer Olympics, Fasel said.Bettman and NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly declined to comment on a Sportsnet report indicating the league has offered to sign off on allowing players to go for gold in South Korea in exchange for the union not opting out of the collective bargaining agreement in September 2019, which would in effect extend the deal for three years.There have been some suggestions that could be construed that that discussion would be worth having, Fehr told reporters in New York. Obviously, we discuss that with players. We have begun that process, but were a long way from done.Bettman has said a decision would need to be made by early January at the latest, giving the league time to create its 2017-18 schedule with or without a two-plus week break for the Olympics.Fasel isnt in a rush.We can wait longer because we want to do all we can to keep best-on-best hockey in the Olympics, Fasel said.NHL and NHLPA officials recently visited the Olympic site in Pyeongchang, South Korea, and have deemed it suitable for international competition.Whether the worlds best hockey players go to South Korea in about 15 months is up to the league and union, though Russian superstar Alexander Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals has said he will go even if there isnt an agreement.The IOC spent about $14 million to cover travel and insurance costs for NHL players for the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Fasel has said the bill would be about $10 million for the next Olympics because it wont be necessary to charter planes to South Korea as it was to get players to Sochi.The NHL hasnt sounded eager about going to South Korea, but does appear very interested in tapping into Chinas huge market in 2022.When the IOC awarded the Beijing Games, it certainly created a bigger opportunity than we thought existed potentially before, Daly said in September. But it is also possible that you dont go to one Olympics and you do go to the other. I dont think anybody has ruled that out as a possibility.Fasel has been trying to persuade national Olympic committees and hockey federations to donate funds to keep the games best players on the biggest stage in sports. 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Stokes will miss out on playing at his county home ground of Emirates Riverside on Friday, as well as the third and final Test at Lords on June 9, after aggravating a knee injury in Englands first-Test win at HeadingleyEngland will miss him, everything about him, said Sky Sports pundit Cork said of Stokes, who underwent surgery on Tuesday. Not just his batting, or his bowling. You cant just pick out one thing, thats why theyre called all-rounders.He is an excellent cricketer. His ability - up there with the very best. He can change the game, and not just with one aspect. Ben Stokes celebrates scoring a double hundred for England against South Africa in Cape Town Look at what he did in the winter against South Africa, with that magnificent double century at Cape Town; and the Ashes last year, with that superb catch at Trent Bridge - he is a difference maker.Its a massive blow, because he has been one of the main reasons why Englands Test cricket has gone well of late, although given how poor Sri Lanka have been, its perhaps not as big a hole to fill for England as it usually would be.But you dont want to miss out on games, it doesnt matter who youre playing against and its a big blow for Stokes personally, especially coming off the back of the disappointment of the last over of the World T20. Ben Stokes is consoled by England T20 captain Eoin Morgan after defeat in the World T20 final Chris Woakes has been picked as Stokkes replacement in the squad, with the Warwickshire man celebrating his call-up by taking an astonishing 9-36 in his sides Spescavers County Championship game with Durham.dddddddddddd.Cork believes Woakes can fill in adequately if England chose him over the extra bowler in the squad, Nottinghamshires Jake Ball.Theyre big shoes to fill, said Cork. But I dont think there was anyone else other than Woakes they could have picked at the moment. He was the obvious choice. Chris Woakes has been among the wickets for Warwickshire before joining up with England Its all about consistency of selection - Woakes has been around the England side in one-day cricket or Tests for a while.He isnt a like-for-like replacement, because I dont think hes as good a cricketer. But he is a gutsy player, who perhaps has a point to prove, having only played six Test matches. Some say he doesnt bowl quick enough, but thats a load of rubbish. I genuinely believe he has got ability, and if he gets the nod ahead of Ball, Im sure hed do a job and be successful. That will be Englands decision, they might decide it is time to see what Ball can do, but for the balance of the side, Woakes would be my choice at the moment.Stokes is a big miss, but no matter who you lose as a side, you have to adapt. Its not the end of the world for this England side without Stokes. Its just without him, theyll have to work that little bit harder.Watch England take on Sri Lanka in the second Test at, live on Sky Sports 2 from 10am on Friday. Also See: Stokes out of second Test Anderson takes 10 in England win WATCH: Players of First Test Get Sky Sports ' ' '