News & Announcements

2019 Mar 11 - Message from the President - The ICSD Board and I are delighted to advise that the ICSD CEO, Mr Dmitry Rebrov has been appointed by the United Nations to sit on their Committee of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)

2019 Mar 03 - ICSD News - Switzerland has been confirmed as the host of the 2nd World Deaf Shooting Championships on 14-20 June 2020. Turkey has been confirmed as the host of the World Deaf Wrestling Championships on 01-06 June 2020.

2019 Mar 01 - ICSD News - DIFA organized and held this football seminar on topical issues of development, which was very positive and informative for all participants.

2019 Feb 21 - ICSD News - Italy has been confirmed as the host of the 4th World Deaf Volleyball Championships

2019 Feb 16 - Deaflympic News - Information on chess for 2019 Winter Deaflympics in Italy

2019 Feb 12 - Message from the President - On the weekend, the ICSD Executive Board met to discuss advice received from the Organising Committee of the Brazil Symposium that due to low numbers of members indicating their intention to participate that they were not progressing with the symposium. I

2019 Jan 28 - ICSD News - One is to review a possible change in voting privileges for associate members. Currently, only full members meaning national deaf sports federations can vote at the Congress.

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2019 Jan 23 - ICSD News - The TDs are on volunteer-based; moreover, they are ready to work for World Deaf Sports Championships and Deaflympics.

2019 Jan 22 - ICSD News - At our recent meeting, the commission discussed establishing new MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) arrangement with our IDSFs (International Deaf Sports Federations).

2019 Jan 21 - ICSD News - We discussed having an independent Ethics and Complaints Commission at ICSD. Its purpose will be to resolve any complaints raised under its terms of reference.

2019 Jan 20 - ICSD News - It is with pleasure that I advise that the ICSD Executive Board have approved the hosting of the 2nd ICSD Reform Symposium

2019 Jan 17 - ICSD News - Polish Deaf Sports Accosiation (Poland) has been confirmed as the host of the World Deaf Basketball Championships

2019 Jan 13 - ICSD News - One of these initiatives is a new membership process for sports to become an ICSD Associate Members (IDSF)

2019 Jan 13 - ICSD News - One of these recommendations is to establish an ICSD Athletes Commission and for the Chair of the Athletes Commission to have a seat on the ICSD Executive Board with voting rights.

2019 Jan 11 - Message from the President - The ICSD board has approved the establishment of the ICSD Legal Commission. Its main work will be to provide legal review of the current constitution and bylaws as well the proposed new constitution and bylaws.

2018 Dec 22 - ICSD News - 2018 Best Sportsmen and Sportswomen Award

2018 Dec 21 - Message from the President - As we greet the New Year, I am delighted to join all ICSD members and athletes in welcoming the year 2019 both at home and abroad. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the ICSD Board, Staff, ICSD Members and athletes for their efforts in the pas

2018 Dec 19 - Deaflympic News - After Khanty-Mansiysk and Magnitogorsk in Russia, it will be the turn of the great nation of Italy to host the athletes of the Winter Deaflympics.

2018 Dec 13 - Message from the President - ICSD is thrilled to announce the appointment of Mr Martin Bogard to the role of Chair of the ICSD Technical Commission.

2018 Dec 12 - ICSD News - So in 2006, the ICSD Board had to initiate some reform ideas with the ICSD members at the Symposium in Zagreb, Croatia. Then again, at the ICSD Extraordinary Congress in Bratislava, Slovakia.

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2018 Nov 20 - ICSD News - ICSD has been on its reform journey for some time. What this has shown is that like for any reform work, it is not easy and requires a lot of commitment and hard work from all of us.

2018 Nov 19 - Message from the President - I am pleased and delighted that we have a new person from that region to fill the vacancy on the commission. His name is Yukata Osugi and he is an ideally qualified to fill this role having been involved in ICSD’s work on reform in the early days of ICSD’

2018 Nov 06 - ICSD News - The success of our Reform program rests upon the collective strengths of the ICSD family. It is intended to be our collective vision for ICSD’s future