News & Announcements

Doping Control and Audiology Testing during the Winter Deaflympics 2019
The 2019 Winder Deaflympics took place in Northern Italy from 12 to 21 December 2019. 923 people from 34 countries have joined hands under the umbrella of the deaf sports spirit.
Posted: 2020 Feb 04

World Deaf Mountain Bike Championships in 2020
Turkey has been confirmed as the host of the 2020 World Deaf Mountain Bike Championships in Antalya on 20 October - 25 October 2020.
Posted: 2020 Jan 28

In memoriam: Boudewijn De Roose
Boudewijn De Roose had passed away last Sunday, 26 January 2020.
Posted: 2020 Jan 26

Obituary of Richard E. Caswell
03 September 1930 - 24 January 2020
Richard Eugene Caswell, 89, passed away peacefully on January 24, 2020. Dick was an active service member to the CISS as Basketball Technical Delegate for 24 years, 7 World Games for the Deaf.
Posted: 2020 Jan 25

2nd World Deaf Sailing Championships in 2020
Poland has been confirmed as the host of the 2nd World Deaf Sailing Championships in Puck, Poland on 12-20 September 2020.
Posted: 2019 Dec 27

2020 Happy New Year Wishes and Greetings
Our sincerely thanks to all our members for their hosting and support of all World Deaf Sports Championships this year. In addition, we thank FSSI (Italy) for their great effort in hosting the 19th Winter Deaflympics with 493 athletes from 34 countries
Posted: 2019 Dec 24

The 47th ICSD Congress has elected its President
Posted: 2019 Dec 13

WADA’s Fifth World Conference on Doping in Sport
The WADA welcomed the clean sport community to Katowice, Poland, for its fifth World Conference on Doping in Sport from November 5-7. Among the more than 1,600 representatives was ICSD DCO Artem Buerov with the Polish Deaf Sports Association representativ
Posted: 2019 Dec 05

1st World Deaf Karate Championships in 2020 Update
Malaysia has been confirmed as the host of the 1st World Deaf Karate Championships on 27 September - 01 October 2020.
Posted: 2019 Oct 28

2020 World Deaf Beach Volleyball Championships Update
Poland has been confirmed as the host of the 2020 World Deaf Beach Volleyball Championships on 09-15 August 2020.
Posted: 2019 Oct 24

4th World Deaf Athletics Championships in 2020
Poland has been confirmed as the host of the 4th World Deaf Athletics Championships on 18-25 July 2020.
Posted: 2019 Oct 22

New ICSD Technical Director on Chess
New ICSD Technical Director on Chess for the 2019 Winter Deaflympics
Posted: 2019 Oct 09

ICSD Executive Board meeting in September 2019
ICSD Executive Board was held in Lausanne, Switzerland recently. We have already discussed on many issues during the meeting, and here is the summary in 4 key issues as follows,
Posted: 2019 Oct 05

2020 World Deaf Table Tennis Championships Update
Austria has been confirmed as the host of the 1st World Deaf Youth Table Tennis Championships and 4th World Deaf Table Tennis Championships in Baden, Austria
Posted: 2019 Sep 22

5th World Deaf Bowling Championships in 2023 Update
Germany has been confirmed as the host of the 5th World Deaf Bowling Championships in Munich
Posted: 2019 Aug 12

2019 World Deaf Badminton Championships Results
Results of the 2019 World Deaf Badminton Championships in Chinese Taipei
Posted: 2019 Jul 25

First message of the ICSD President
All former Presidents of ICSD (CISS) have the same goal in putting the focus on Deaf Athletes who are the most important. We shall continue the same goal.
Posted: 2019 Jul 09

New ICSD President
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.
Posted: 2019 Jun 21

2019 Congress
Posted: 2019 Jun 12

2019 World Deaf Cycling Championships: update
Please see the video for the 2019 World Deaf Cycling Championships
Posted: 2019 Jun 11

2019 World Deaf Cycling Championships: confirmation
Turkish Deaf Sport Federation (Turkey) has been confirmed as the host of the World Deaf Cycling Championships in Turkey
Posted: 2019 Jun 05

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

SportAccord and GAISF meetings in Gold Coast
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.
Posted: 2019 May 21

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

Curling competitions at the 2019 Winter Deaflympics
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).
Posted: 2019 May 04