News & Announcements

2021 Feb 15 - ICSD News - Canada has officially requested postponing the World Deaf Curling Championships (WDCC) to 12-26 March 2022 in Banff, Canada. There will be three (3) official curling events at WDCC: Mixed Doubles Curling, Men Curling, Women Curling

2021 Feb 03 - Deaflympic News - It was decided that the 2021 Summer Deaflympics should take place between the 01 and 15 May 2022 in Caxias do Sul, Brazil.

2021 Jan 23 - ICSD News - Greece has been confirmed as the host of the 6th World Deaf Basketball Championships in Heraklion on 13-24 June 2023

2021 Jan 16 - ICSD News - Poland has officially requested postponing following events: the World Deaf Sailing Championships, the World Deaf Athletics Championships, the World Deaf Beach Volleyball Championships in 2022.

2020 Dec 22 - ICSD News - Turkey has officially requested postponing the 2020 World Deaf Wrestling Championships to 29 May – 05 June 2021. The Championships will take place in Trabzon.

2020 Dec 07 - ICSD News - Denmark has been confirmed as the host of the 3rd World Deaf Handball Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark on 04-18 July 2022

2020 Nov 24 - ICSD News - Confederacion Argentina Deportiva de Sordos (Argentina) has been confirmed as the host of the 6th World Deaf Swimming Championships. The Swimming Championships will take place in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 13-18 August 2023.

2020 Nov 17 - ICSD News - Turkey has officially requested postponing the 2020 World Deaf Mountain Bike Championships to 30 March – 04 April 2021.

2020 Nov 16 - ICSD News - We are pleased to announce new ICSD Summer Technical Directors for 2020-2021 term

2020 Nov 11 - ICSD News - The ICSD is now seeking applications for positions of its Ethics Commission in order to safeguard the ethical principles of the Olympic Movement and ICSD community

2020 Nov 10 - ICSD News - The International Committee of Sports for the Deaf (ICSD) announces publication of the ICSD Anti-Doping Rules for Deaflympics and World Deaf Youth Games

2020 Nov 06 - Alert - ICSD recognises the importance of maintaining the safety and health of athletes, coaches, ICSD staff and local organising committees during the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic.

2020 Oct 26 - ICSD News - Today ICSD has published the 2021 ICSD Anti-Doping Rules which will come into force on 1 January 2021. Reflecting the standards set out by WADA in the Code, these Rules make sure that our athletes across the world are held to the same high standards.

2020 Oct 07 - Message from the President - We are pleased to announce that the ICSD Legal Commission is now staffed and will start to work from this week on.

2020 Oct 05 - ICSD News - France has officially requested postponing the World Deaf Judo Championships to 21 April – 24 April 2022

2020 Sep 30 - ICSD News - Based on financial revisers recommendations and to comply with Swiss law, the ICSD Executive Team and the Secretariat took all necessary measures to set up and implement internal financial control system.

2020 Sep 25 - ICSD News - The ICSD is seeking for representatives from EDSO (Europe), CADS (Africa), APDSC (Asia Pacific) and PANAMDES (Americas) Regions.

2020 Sep 25 - ICSD News - CALL FOR APPLICATIONS - SUMMER TECHNICAL DIRECTOR POSITIONS (Length of term: 2020-2021 - ATHLETICS - SAILING

2020 Sep 23 - ICSD News - The ICSD Reform Commission is pleased to announce the submission of the revised ICSD Constitution and Bylaws to the ICSD Secretariat on September 18, 2020

2020 Sep 22 - ICSD News - Canadian Deaf Sports Association and the World Deaf Ice Hockey Organising Committee decided to postpone World Deaf Hockey Championship from 2021 to 2025 due to COVID-19.

2020 Sep 17 - Message from the President - It is high time we stopped the current confrontation and unrest, leading us and entire ICSD to distrustful chaos.

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2020 Jun 02 - ICSD News - We, ICSD Reform Commission, would like to let you all know what is happening on ICSD Reform Process

2020 May 06 - ICSD News - Korea has officially requested postponing the 4th World Deaf Football Championships to 02 November – 17 November 2020.

2020 Mar 16 - ICSD News - ICSD has decided to cancel the 2020 World Deaf Shooting Championships in Switzerland because the Coronavirus situation