News & Announcements

2019 Jun 21 - Press Releases - The ICSD Executive Board wishes to announce the appointment of the ICSD Vice President of World Sports, Mr. Kang CHEN, as the ICSD Interim President with immediate effect.

2019 Jun 12 - Message from the President -

2019 Jun 11 - ICSD News - Please see the video for the 2019 World Deaf Cycling Championships

2019 Jun 05 - ICSD News - Turkish Deaf Sport Federation (Turkey) has been confirmed as the host of the World Deaf Cycling Championships in Turkey

2019 Jun 05 - ICSD News - Korea Deaf Sport Federation has been confirmed as the host of the 4th World Deaf Football Championships in Changwon on 05 - 20 September 2020.

2019 May 21 - Message from the President - It certainly shows we are not alone in dealing with these important issues and that we have a whole community of international federations for support and advice.

2019 May 04 - ICSD News - Turkish Deaf Sport Federation (Turkey) has been confirmed as the host of the 2nd World Deaf Tennis Championships in Antalya, Turkey

2019 May 04 - Deaflympic News - For the curling competition at the 2019 Winter Deaflympics from 11-20 December 2019 in Madesimo, Italy, ICSD Executive Board has decided to increase the maximum number of teams for both genders from ten (10) to twelve (12).

2019 Apr 30 - ICSD News - The ICSD is seeking for new members - representatives from EDSO (Europe), CADS (Africa) and PANAMDES (Americas) Regions.

2019 Apr 29 - ICSD News - Information on the 2019 World Deaf Cycling Championships in Turkey

2019 Apr 14 - Message from the President - The ICSD Board has been in meetings for the last two days. The meeting with the IOC was an opportunity to follow up on items discussed at our previous meeting. We also agreed to work on strengthening our partnership as per our memorandum of understanding

2019 Apr 05 - General News - A review of the World Anti-Doping Code (Code) and its associated International Standards, as well as compliance and capturing athletes’ views were among the main themes at the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA’s) 15th Annual Symposium held in Lausanne, Swi

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.

2019 Jan 25 - ICSD News -

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