Here are some of the sports stamps available. There are more than is possible to show here, and most are inexpensive, with many costing just five pence (£0.05) each. If you are looking to fill gaps in your collection, or would like to build up a collection for a particular sport, please email me at alisonlever@yahoo.co.uk, and I can send you a longer list that is geared to your wants. I have lots of football stamps in particular, and also stamps for sports not depicted here, like Golf. (Please see Transport for Motorcycles and Motorcycling.)

General Sports Sets

Australia

1989 Sports
2c Bowling  £0.05
39c Fishing  £0.10
41c Cycling  £0.10
43c Skateboarding  £0.10
55c Kite flying  £0.15
70c Cricket  £0.20
75c Netball  £0.40
$1 Running  £0.15
$1.10 Golf  £0.35
More of this set available

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Bahamas

1972 Olympic Games (not shown here)
Set of four, £0.25, mint

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Canada

1978 Commonwealth Games 1st and 2nd issues
14c Emblem  £0.05
30c Badminton  £0.20
14c Stadium  £0.05
14c Running  £0.05
30c Building  £0.20
3oc Bowls  £0.20
or  £0.65 for all six, two complete sets.

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Great Britain

1958 Commonwealth Games (not shown here)
3d Welsh Dragon  £0.05

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Athletics

Australia

1968 Olympics
5c Athlete carrying torch £0.05

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Canada*

1976 Olympic Games
8c Athlete with Olympic Flame £0.05
20c Athletes with Olympic flag £0.15

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Equatorial Guinea

This is a larger than normal stamp and very long!
1972 Olympics
15pta Kenyan gold medallist £0.10, CTO

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Great Britain

1980 Sports
12p Running £0.05  
1981 Duke of Edinburgh Awards
25p Hurdling £0.25

2002 Commonwealth Games*
2nd Running £0.15

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Hungary

1966 European Athletics Championships
60 f Long jumping £0.05, CTO

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Jamaica

1980 Olympic Games (not shown here)
15c Don Quarrie, winner of 200 metres £0.05

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Kampuchea

1984 Olympics
0.20 Discus , 0.50 Long jump
0.80 Hurdling, 1 Relay
1.50 Pole vaulting, 2 Javelin
The first six from a set of seven. 
£0.30 for the six, CTO

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New Zealand

1968 Health
2.5c Boy running  £0.05

1974 Commonwealth Games (not shown here)
4c Hurdling  £0.05

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Nigeria

2004 Athens Olympics (not shown here)
50n Athletes on track  £0.25

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Poland

1967 Olympic Games
20g Running £0.05, CTO

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Rwanda

1968 Olympics (not shown here)
20 Running, 40 Hammer-throwing, 60 Hurdling, 80 Javelin
£0.30 for the four, mint.

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Solomon Islands

1982 Commonwealth Games (not shown here)
25c Running  £0.15

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Uganda

1978 Commonwealth Games
50c Shot putting  £0.05

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Basketball, Handball, Netball and Volleyball

Czechoslovakia

1967 Sports (not shown here)
60h Basketball players £0.05

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Denmark

1978 Handball Championships
1.20k Player £0.05

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Papua New Guinea

1971 Pacific Games
7c Basketball £0.05

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Romania

(not shown here)

1968 Olympics
40b Volleyball £0.05, CTO

1976 Olympics
55b Handball £0.05

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Umm al Qiwain

1972 Olympics (long stamp)
5r Basketball £0.05, CTO

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Boxing

Great Britain

1980 Sport
15p Boxing  £0.15

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Hungary

1985 European Boxing Championships
2f Boxing  £0.05

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Ireland

1992 Olympic Games
32p Boxing  £0.25

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Kenya

1978 Commonwealth Games
50c Boxing  £0.05

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Mauritius

1996 Olympics (not shown here)
60c Boxing  £0.05

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Papua New Guinea

1975 South Pacific Games
7t Boxing £0.05

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Chess Please ask for email list.
  
Cricket

Apart from those listed below, I have a fair number of mint Leaders of the World cricketing stamps. These were issued in pairs showing a portrait of the cricketer and a picture of him in action. These cost:

£0.85 for eight different pairs (16 stamps),
£0.65 for six different pairs (12 stamps),
£0.45 for four different pairs (eight stamps) and
£0.25 for two different pairs (four stamps).

Australia

1977 Australia-England Test Cricket
These five 18c cricket stamps form a composite picture of a cricket match if they are put together in a row, as shown in the illustration.
They cost £0.05 each or £0.85 for the five stamps.

1981 Australian Sporting personalities
35c Victor Trumper £0.20

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Great Britain

1973 English County Cricket
3p Cartoon drawing of W.G. Grace £0.10
More from this set available.

1980 Sports
17.5p Cricket £0.15

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Grenadines of St Vincent

1984 Leaders (2nd issue)
Two pairs of joined stamps, ie four stamps
£0.25 for the two pairs, mint, though please see prices in introduction to Cricket above if you are interested in more Cricketing Leaders.

1988 Cricketers
$3.50 CG Greenidge £0.40, mint

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New Zealand

1969 Health Stamps
2.5c Boy playing cricket  £0.20
3.5c Girl playing cricket  £0.20

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St Vincent

1984 Leaders
£0.15 for this joined pair, mint, though please see introduction to Cricket for prices if you are interested in more Cricketing Leaders.

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Tuvalu

1984 Leaders
£0.15 for this joined pair, mint, though please see introduction to Cricket for prices if you are interested in more Cricketing Leaders.

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