Reuters Sports News Summary

Following is a summary of current sports news briefs. Fans pack Boston streets for Patriots' Super Bowl parade

Hundreds of thousands of football fans packed into Boston's streets on Tuesday to catch a glimpse of the New England Patriots after their record-tying sixth Super Bowl win. A parade of World War Two-era amphibious duck boats blasted confetti into the sky, while players including quarterback Tom Brady, linebacker Dont'a Hightower and famously taciturn head coach Bill Belichick, celebrated the team's 13-3 victory over the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday. Mistakes never freak out Shiffrin, says Miller

Mikaela Shiffrin's ability not to "freak out" when she makes a mistake sets her apart from her rivals at the world championships, according to fellow American Bode Miller. The 23-year-old Shiffrin won the opening gold medal on offer at the Are championships on Tuesday, edging out Italy's Sofia Goggia by 0.02 seconds in the Super-G. Report: Lakers pull out of Davis trade talks

The Los Angeles Lakers informed the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday that they are pulling of trade talks for star Anthony Davis, the Los Angeles Times reported. Team president of basketball operations Magic Johnson told New Orleans general manager Dell Demps that the Lakers had made their best offer, the Times reported, citing a source not authorized the speak about the issue. Alpine skiing: Vonn crashes but Shiffrin wins Super-G gold at worlds

Lindsey Vonn's hopes of a gold medal in the penultimate race of her glittering career were ended by a high-speed crash but Mikaela Shiffrin claimed victory in a nailbiting Super-G on the first day of racing at the world championships on Tuesday. It was a day of starkly contrasting fortunes for the two figureheads of the U.S. ski team. NBA roundup: Harden (44 points) keeps rolling

James Harden extended his streak of consecutive 30-point games to 27 as the Houston Rockets defeated the host Phoenix Suns 118-110 on Monday. Harden finished with 44 points, eight rebounds, six assists and three steals. His 30-plus-point scoring streak is the third-longest in NBA history, behind two by Wilt Chamberlain. It was Harden's 20th 40-point game on the season. LA coroner rules woman killed by foul ball at Dodger Stadium

A California woman died last August as a result of being hit in the head by a batted ball during a Major League Baseball (MLB) game at Dodger Stadium, according to a Los Angeles County coroner's report obtained on Tuesday. As stated in a copy of the coroner's report sent to Reuters, the 79-year-old woman died of "acute intracranial haemorrhage due to history of blunt force trauma" four days after she was struck in the head with a baseball during an Aug. 25 game. FIFA, Qatar set up joint venture to deliver 2022 World Cup

Global soccer body FIFA has set up a joint venture with 2022 World Cup hosts Qatar as part of its effort to streamline organization of the tournament, it said on Tuesday. The global soccer body said in a statement that it would hold a 51 percent share of the venture while the Qatar organising committee would hold 49 percent. Tennis: Monfils makes impressive start at Sofia Open

Former world number six Gael Monfils made a fine start to his Sofia Open title bid by beating Serbia's Viktor Troicki 6-3 6-4 in the first round on the Armeets Arena Center Court on Tuesday. The Frenchman, who has slipped to 33 in the world rankings after a series of injuries, offered fans plenty of jaw-dropping moments with his trademark acrobatics and baseline winners. NHL roundup: Flyers win eighth straight

Jakub Voracek and Sean Couturier each scored a goal to lift host Philadelphia past the Vancouver Canucks 2-1 on Monday, the Flyers' season-best eighth win in a row. Philadelphia's Carter Hart made 41 saves while becoming the first goaltender in franchise history to win his seventh straight start before turning 21 years old. Tennis: Halep appoints Belgian Van Cleemput as new coach

Former world number one Simona Halep has appointed Thierry Van Cleemput as her new coach and will officially begin working with the Belgian at next week's Qatar Open. Halep had planned to fly solo for the first few months of 2019 after former coach Darren Cahill left to spend more time with his family in Australia.