2012 Sports Photos in Review: Off the court

Simone Franco, 35, lifts weights next to her 11-month-old son Aquiles Franco (R) at a gym under the Alcantara Machado viaduct in the Mooca neighborhood of Sao Paulo, on July 18, 2012. Alcantara Machado gym was founded in 2009 by Brazilian former professional boxer Nilson Garrido under the Alcantara Machado viaduct, with the aim of getting young people out of drugs and crime through sports. Currently the gym, which received all its equipment through donations, is visited daily by more than a hundred people, most of whom are unemployed or have financial troubles, who practice bodybuilding and other sports just for pleasure. [Photo/Agencies]

A young surfer sails his board off a wave as large swells hit the California coastline at dusk in Cardiff, California, Jan 5, 2012. [Photo/Agencies]