Wrong dress

In an Australian football game, the payers of one team always wear black shorts, the players on the other team white shorts.

Fighting teammates

These two players wear the same outfit and should belong to the same team. So there is no reason why they are fighting for the ball.

Soccer

Comparing to the keeper, the size of the goal is out of proportion.

Big players

In volleyball, the net is 2m40 above the ground, these players are real giants !

Shifted colour

Due to the shifted black colour, the goalkeeper seems to have switched his shirt with a field player

Wrong cap

This stamp honours Roberto CLEMENTE, the great Pittsburg baseball player. The Pittsburg Pirates however never wear white baseball caps

Potential conflict

Both Russia and Brazil claimed the victory on the World Basketball competition in 1959. The Russian team were unbeaten, but refused to play against Taiwan in the final. Russia was disqualified and replaced by Brazil, who finally won.

Against the rules

Three stamps with, on each of them, a fault against the soccer rules.

Wrong equipment

Soccer, without shoes and adapted clothes, at the Olympic Games ?

Wrong uniform

When Pelé scored his 1000th goal, he was not playing for the Brazilian team, but for his home team Santos.

Missing team

All the players belong to the same team, and do not have individual shirt numbers.

Dangerous

Catcher in an official cricket game without face protection

Wrong result

The result of the final match in the worldcup 1930 between URUGUAY and ARGENTINA was 4-2, not 4-1

Wrong net or wrong ball

This is a volleyball net, but the ball and the position of the hands refer to a basketball game.

Strange playground.

Tennis and soccer on the same field, on the top an an hill, without guard. How much time will they spend searching the balls ?

Missing hole

In basketball, the net has a hole to let the ball go through.

Missing ball

Missing ball ? In any case not the right ball to play volleyball

Wrong ball

Rather a ball to play basket- than volleyball.

Wrong dress

According to the way the players are dressed, three different teams seem to play against each other.

Missing stage

This tour started and ended in Prague. The last stage from Pilsen back to Prague was forgotten.

Missing stripes

The white shoulder stripes are missing on the shirt of the French players.

Missing and wrong colours

The white shoulder stripes are missing on the shirt of the French players, anbd the Brasilians had blue pants.

Fantom game

In 1986 in Mexico Argentina never played against the Soviet Union.

Strange ball

Wrong representation of a soccer ball.

Not present

The Danish player Frank Arnesen was suspended and did not partecipate at the game against Spain in 1986 in Mexico.

Wrong team

The Swedish team featured on the stamp is not the team which won a Bronce Medal during the World Cup in 1994.

Wrong fixing

To avoid that the ball bounces back into the field, the nets are not fixed directly to the supports

Red line

There is not a red line on the shorts of the French soccer players

Wrong direction

The stripes on the shirts of Argentinas soccer team are vertical, not horizontal.

No relation

A chess championship has nothing to do with an Olympiade, the orgenisation of the Olympic Games.

Not present

Greece, Norway and Armenia did not partecipate to the World Cup 2006.

Strange game

One of the field players is wearing white gloves on both hands, and the catcher is partecipating to the game with his protection mask.

Abused use

Olympic logo for the 3rd African games.

Second ball ?

Drop the boll near the goal can happen, but why is the other player looking as if he is expecting another ball ?

Wrong outfit

In soccer, the goalkeeper and the fieldplayers have always a different outfit.

Too close

The pedals are too close to the frame, the lever will be insufficient to develop enough power.

Missing protection

In hockey, the goalkeeper always wears a protection mask.

Too wide

The goal is too wide, compared with the length of the goalkeeper.

Too small

In soccer, the rectangle around the goal is 5,5 m width, thus three times the size of a player.

Wrong shirt

France did not partecipate to the World soccer championship in 1994.

No advertising

At the European soccer championships, the teams wear country-shirts without advertising.

Fault

A red card, or at least a yellow one, will be the decision of every referee for such a dangerous move.

Missing count

As the following year the 16th games were organised, this could not have been the 7th games.

Too low

This vollleyball net is too low

Huge leg

With such a huge leg, it should be easy to win teh match.

Too narrow

The goal is much too narrow.

Too low

The volleyball net is much too low.

Distraction

Why is the red player looking at the camera, and not at the ball ?

Wrong shape

Soccerball with one 6-sided tile, while the other ones are 5-sided.

Not present

Basketballplayers with shirts of the national team of Turkey, but they did not partecipate to this Olympic games.

Wrong lines

Wrong representation of the lines on a soccer field.

Not clever !

The goalkeeper is catching the ball behind the goal line !

With and without

Pete Rose and other famous baseball players were depicted on this sheet. On request of the major league baseball, which had banned Rose from the sport for betting on baseball games, a new sheet was issued without this player.

Wrong tour

This stamp shows neither the tour of 1903, neither the tour of 1953

Wrong outfit

All payers have the same white outfit. Impossible to make a difference between a teammate, an opponent or the goalkeeper.

Wrong clothing

Wrong representation of the olympic rings - female volleyball players do not wear skirts

Bicycle errors

Two errors : missing chains, and on one bicycle the plateau was featured is at the left side instead of right

Missing glove

Goalkeeper with only one glove

Not olympic

American football is not an Olympic competition

Where are the others?

Only three players on the field

Wrong country

This cyclist is not French, but Dutch

2 or 3 teams?

These basketball players have three different outfits

Mixed up

The names of the players were mixed up between the two stamps (look at the blue French shirt of Platini)

Missing goal

Nice catch, but where is the goal?

3 teams?

The players have 3 different outfits