A first athletics competition for girls and women will be arranged in Kabul’s Ghazi Stadium on Thursday 20 November

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Letter from CISS/DEAFLYMPICS Orienteering Technical Director

The new director general of WADA met with leaders of several international sports federations, as well as with the President of IOC to discuss WADA’s strategic priorities and areas of cooperation in the coming months.

Read below to learn more about Iakov Frenkel-our newly appointed TD!

Read on below to learn more about our newly appointed Assistant Technical Director in Basketball!

Secretary-General, Donalda Ammons is writing on behalf of President John Lovett, who is taking a temporary leave to take care of his health.

Read below to learn more about our Assistant Technical Director in Volleyball!

IOC and the Xerox Corporation announced that their worldwide sponsorship agreement would not be extended when it is due for renewal in December 2004.

Letter updating on the progress of the GAISF Sporting GOods to Go Project. If a CISS nation member is interested in being involved, please contact us at info@ciss.org.

WADA announced that the method of detection for the designer steroid tetrahydrogestrinone (THG) has been communicated to all IOC)/WADA accredited laboratories throughout the world.

Two-and-a-half days of meetings during the 11th Coordination Commission visit to Athens allowed the IOC to confirm progress in some key areas, while addressing its concerns in others.

Norges Døveidrettskomitè (NDI) arranged on May 24th a General Assembly for the affiliated sports clubs for the deaf.

August 23, 2003- Melbourne had a Countdown Celebration with 500 days to go for the Deaflympic Summer Games! Click on url to check out the photos!

The Marketing Programme for the 2008 Olympic Games was launched today in Beijing by IOC President Jacques Rogge and representatives of the city of Beijing and the Organising Committee for the 2008 Olympic Games.

The World Anti-Doping Agency condemned the early and unauthorized release of the Independent Observer Report on this year’s Tour de France.

President Lovett highlights his busy summer schedule with activities that includes a visit to Austria and Canada.

The IOC today praised the Organising Committee for the Olympic Games in Athens 2004 for the successful running of the test events held over the past few days.

The signing ceremony, which was held at the IOC headquarters in Lausanne in the presence of local and sporting guests, marked exactly "One year to go" before the Opening Ceremony of the 2004 Games in Athens.

The Saudi Arabia Deaf Sport Committee has become an independent body, and is no longer affiliated to the Saudi Arabia Federation for handicapped-sports since May 28th, 2003.

The latest edition of the Athlete's Passport Newsletter is now available on WADA's website.