Sporting dads

HAVIN' A BALL DAD: AS Roma's Francesco Totti plays with his son Christian as he celebrates at the end of his Italian Serie A football match against Messina at the Olympic Stadium in Rome.

DOUBLE TROUBLE: Uruguay's Sebastian Abreu carries his twin sons onto the field after they beat Paraguay in a 2010 World Cup qualifying football match in Montevideo.

SPEED RACER: Jeff Gordon holds his daughter Ella Sofia before the start of the Gatorade Duel No. 1 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida.

JUST A SCRATCH DAD: South Africa's captain John Smit holds his daughter Emma after winning their international rugby match against Wales at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.

HOWZAT?: Australia's captain Ricky Ponting with his one-year-old daughter Emmy on the field after Australia defeated England by an innings and 80 runs in the fourth Ashes cricket test match at Headingley.

HOW'S THAT SON?: Montreal Alouettes' Bryan Chiu plays with his son Teegan after the team's win over the Edmonton Eskimos in the Canadian Football League Eastern Final game at Olympic Stadium in Montreal.

ALL STARS: New York Yankees ace relief pitcher Mariano Rivera (right) with his sons during practice for Major League Baseball's All-Star game at Yankee Stadium in New York. His sons are (from left) Jaziel, Jafet, and Mariano.

TOP TICKETS DAD: Football star David Beckham watches the Los Angeles Lakers play the Toronto Raptors in their NBA basketball game with his sons (from left) Romeo, Brooklyn and Cruz in Los Angeles.

PROUD PADDY: Ireland's Padraig Harrington and son Paddy celebrate winning the British Open Golf Championship at Royal Birkdale.

THIS WAY?: D'Angelo Ortiz, son of Boston Red Sox's David Ortiz, steps into the batters' box during the home run derby.

KING KISS: Nikolai Valuev of Russia kisses his five-year-old son Grigoriy after defeating Jean-Francois Bergeron of Canada in their 12-round NABA heavyweight boxing fight in Oldenburg, northern Germany.

MY DAD ROCKS: Boxer Mike Mollo, of the US, holds his son Orlando after knocking out Art Binkowski, of Canada in the second round of their Fedelatin Heavyweight championship match in Illinois.

CATCH ME IF YOU CAN: New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi (right) runs down his son, Dante Girardi, 6, during a family baseball game following during the team's spring training workout for pitchers and catchers at Legends Field in Tampa, Florida.

DADDY'S GIRL: South Africa's Percy Montgomery holding his daughter Taneal gestures to the crowd before the kick off of his 100th rugby union test match against New Zealand in Cape Town.

BIG DADDY: Heavyweight sumo competitor Mark Sagato of the US holds his seven-week-old daughter Aurora at the US Sumo Open in Los Angeles.

POOLING AROUND: Argentina football star Carlos Tevez plays with his daughter Florencia at the hotel pool in Maracaibo.

DON'T FENCE ME IN: Alex Rodriguez kisses his four-year-old daughter Natasha through the fence during the Dominican Republic baseball team's first practice in Jupiter, Florida, as they prepare for the World Baseball Classic.