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Spot the ball: 5 sport puzzles to test your skills

colour illustration showing two football players running for a ball in a crowded stadium

Pinpoint the ball in these vintage sport photographs

by
Adrian Murphy (opens in new window) (Europeana Foundation)

When watching a fast-pace game of football, it can sometimes be hard to keep track of the ball between passes.

This is even truer with these 'Spot the Ball' puzzles we have made. In five vintage football photos, we have digitally removed the football. Your goal is to guess where it would be.

To see the answers, check the links under the circular i button on each image and you'll find the original photographs.

Two Dutch footballers in Limburg run for a ball. Can you guess where it is? (Ignore the ball in the background behind the players!)

black and white photograph, two footballers run towards a ball

This is a scene from a match between Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna and Helsinki Football Club - two Finnish teams - in 1917. Can you spot the ball?

black and white photograph of a football match with two central players in a jumping tackle

A dramatic moment from a friendly match held between Israel and Germany in Ramat Gan in 1977. Can you spot the ball?

black and white photograph of group of footballers playing match in front of goalposts

A player jumps for a header in this 1958 match at the MÁVAG Sports Complex in Budapest. Can you spot the ball?

black and white photograph of a football match, one player jumps to head the ball, other players watching

An Örebro SK and Motala game in Sweden in 1955. Can you spot the ball?

black and white photograph of a football matches, players running and one jumping for the ball

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