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Spot the ball: 5 sport puzzles to test your skills
Pinpoint the ball in these vintage sport photographs
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!)
This is a scene from a match between Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna and Helsinki Football Club - two Finnish teams - in 1917. Can you spot the ball?
A dramatic moment from a friendly match held between Israel and Germany in Ramat Gan in 1977. Can you spot the ball?
A player jumps for a header in this 1958 match at the MÁVAG Sports Complex in Budapest. Can you spot the ball?
An Örebro SK and Motala game in Sweden in 1955. Can you spot the ball?
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