National Sports

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of — The rival Koreas moved toward easing their bitter animosity Tuesday during rare talks, with North Korea agreeing to take part in next month's Winter Olympics in South Korea.

MONTREAL — The lawyer for ex-national ski coach Bertrand Charest has filed an appeal of his client's 12-year prison sentence for sexually assaulting his teenage students.

ATLANTA — The national championship showdown between Alabama and Georgia drew 28.443 million viewers for ESPN, making it the second-most watched title game in the four years of the College Football Playoff format.

WINNIPEG — Some prominent Winnipeggers are biting back at criticism three San Jose Sharks players have levelled against the city.

TORONTO — Coaches Michael Findlay and Paul Stalteri will lead a 10-day training camp for Canadian under-23 players eligible for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Octavio Zambrano was to have been part of the camp that opened Tuesday in Orlando, Fla.

TORONTO — Rookie defenceman Travis Dermott has one thing working against him, and it's not his youth or inexperience.

TORONTO — Since taking over the Canadian women's soccer program in 2011, John Herdman has proved he is a difference-maker.

VANCOUVER — Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir came out of retirement with one goal in mind. They envision standing on the Olympic medal podium when the curtain comes down on their competitive career. Only the top step will do.

NEW YORK — Yahoo Sports will livestream all four divisional playoff games this weekend and the conference championships as an appetizer for next season when every game from the preseason to the Super Bowl will be livestreamed on its sports app.

WHISTLER, B.C. — Mark McMorris and Max Parrot will lead Canada's Olympic slopestyle and big air snowboard team at next month's Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea.