News & Announcements

2018 Oct 22 - ICSD News - ICSD President, Mrs. Rebecca Adam and WFD President, Mr. Colin Allen have meet in Melbourne, Australia

2018 Oct 19 - Message from the President - The new ICSD Reform Commission is responsible for the co-ordination and oversight of the ICSD Reform Program and will play a very important role in the changes taking place in ICSD

2018 Oct 18 - Message from the President - I thought I would share with you the 4 key goals that I would like to see ICSD working to achieve...

2018 Oct 10 - General News - The IOC adopted the Athletes’ Rights and Responsibilities Declaration (Athletes’ Declaration) during the second day of the Session in Buenos Aires on 9 October. This ground-breaking document was formed following an extensive process that gathered the view

2018 Sep 30 - General News - On 28 September 2018, the WADA publishes the 2019 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods (List); the 2019 Summary of Major Modifications and Explanatory Notes; and the 2019 Monitoring Program. The List, which was approved by WADA’s Executive Committee

2018 Sep 13 - Deaflympic News - It is with pleasure that I inform you that ICSD met with representatives from the Federazione Sport Sordi Italia (FSSI), the Organising Committee of the 2019 Winter Deaflympics in Italy and that we agreed to proceed with signing of the hosting agreement f

2018 Sep 13 - Message from the President - This is just a few examples of the exciting partnership that lie ahead of ICSD and IOC and I am feeling very inspired by these real and meaningful opportunities for ICSD and IOC to work side by side, going forward

2018 Sep 13 - ICSD News - The meeting was an opportunity for us to put names to people’s faces and the impression I got was that we were very well aligned to each other’s needs and expectations. We were very transparent with each other.

2018 Sep 12 - Message from the President - We have just had a 2 (two) hour long joint meeting with representatives from the IOC and ICSD in attendance. A very robust discussion was had with many topics covered including women in sports, our athletes commission and our governance.

2018 Sep 11 - ICSD News - The President of the ICSD, Rebecca Adam, today met with the President of the National Deaf Sports Federation of Switzerland, Mr Anton Koller, at the ICSD office in Lausanne.

2018 Sep 08 - ICSD News - 2017 Best Sportsmen and Sportswomen Award

2018 Aug 28 - Message from the President - The ICSD Commissions play a vital role in the effective functioning and governance of ICSD and we need more members involved to make them work

2018 Aug 24 - Message from the President - More information about the recent request for an ICSD Extraordinary Congress (EC) received on 27 July 2018

2018 Aug 20 - Message from the President - A short update about the ICSD situation with the IOC. Since then, ICSD has been working with the IOC Ethics and Compliance Office to provide the following information: • ICSD financial reports • ICSD accounts • ICSD reform documents

2018 Aug 11 - Message from the President - With every new ICSD President there inevitably comes a change in emphasis and culture. Under my leadership, ICSD will provide more transparency, increase the frequency of its communications, and improve its engagement with our stakeholders. We are worki

2018 Aug 02 - Message from the President - Following Dr. Valery Rukhledev’s decision to step down from the office of President, the ICSD Executive Board appointed Mrs. Adam as ICSD President at its board meeting in Yerevan, Armenia on Saturday 29 July 2018

2018 Jul 31 - ICSD News - The ICSD Executive Board is hereunder sharing the first results of its executive meeting in Yerevan, Armenia on the 30 July 2018

2018 Jul 22 - ICSD News - In these uncertain times, the Acting President of the ICSD, Mr. Kang Chen would like to take the opportunity to provide an update to members about the present challenges that the ICSD is currently facing.

2018 Jul 18 - General News - During the FIFA World Cup 2018 in Russia, an exhibition football match between a team of veterans and young football Deaf players took place at Moscow’s Football Park on Red Square

2018 Jul 04 - Deaflympic News - The ICSD is pleased to release today the declaration of candidature by the FSSI for the 2019 Winter Deaflympics

2018 Jun 20 - Deaflympic News - ICSD wishes to inform you that we continue to work with FSSI about the 2019 Winter Deaflympics in Italy

2018 Jun 19 - ICSD News - APDSC President Mr. Mohammad Pargar expressed his great satisfaction about the way the World FIFA Football Cup and World Deaf Greco-Roman & Freestyle Wrestling Championships are being conducted in Russia

2018 Jun 18 - ICSD News - ICSD Executive Board wishes to thank you for the emails, videos and letters that have reached our office in the aftermath of recent events in Russia

2018 May 28 - ICSD News - The ICSD Executive Board wishes to announce the appointment of Mr. Kang Chen as the ICSD Acting President with immediate effect for 2 months.

2018 May 27 - ICSD News - The ICSD wishes to inform you that Dr Valery Rukhledev in his capacity as President of the All-Russian Society of the Deaf is currently under investigation by the Tverskoy Court of Moscow in regards to allegations of embezzlement