Tokyo 2025: Team Qualification Results and Cancelled Events Official results of team qualifications and events canceled for Tokyo 2025 due to non-compliance with Deaflympics participation rules.
Posted: 2024 Dec 01

Interview with Deaf Athletes in Olympic Games - ICSD Athletes Commission Zoom Workshop The ICSD Athletes Commission is hosting its second Zoom workshop, featuring an exclusive interview with two deaf/hard of hearing athletes who participated in the Olympic Games: Terence Parkin (Swimming, South Africa)& Aaron Small (Kayaking, USA).
Posted: 2024 Sep 01

Celebrating 100 Years of ICSD: A Century of Excellence in Deaf Sports
Posted: 2024 Aug 10

Deaflympians Competing in Paris 2024 Olympics Deaflympians are competing in the Paris 2024 Olympics. Check Deaflympics.com and CISS.org for details.
Posted: 2024 Aug 01

Opportunity to Join ICSD: Seeking New Executive Board and Ethics Commission Members ICSD is looking for one new Executive Board member and one Ethics Commission member.
Posted: 2024 Jul 01

Join the ICSD Therapeutic Use Exemptions Commission ICSD seeks a member to join the TUE Commission, responsible for reviewing Therapeutic Use Exemptions in sports to ensure compliance with anti-doping regulations.
Posted: 2024 Jul 01

President's Message - 1 June 2024
Posted: 2024 Jun 01

New ICSD Code of Ethics Reporting Form Available
Posted: 2024 Jun 01

Headquarters Location The ICSD is actively exploring opportunities to relocate its legal seat, headquarters, and operational hub from Lausanne, Switzerland.
Posted: 2024 May 01

ICSD decision on participation of Russian and Belarusian deaf athletes in ICSD-sanctioned competitions and events Following the IOC's decision, the ICSD allows Russian and Belarusian deaf athletes in sanctioned events from 1 February 2024. Emphasizing solidarity with Ukraine, efforts focus on solutions, not conflict. ICSD aims for a transparent eligibility framework
Posted: 2023 Dec 19

Ukrainian Delegation Visits Erzurum for the Winter Deaflympics 2023 Leonid Kasitskyi, President of the Ukraine Deaf Sports Federation, praises Turkiye's readiness for the event in Erzurum. Impressed by snow-covered mountains, he commends the Turkiye Organizing Committee and ICSD for their professional coordination, expres
Posted: 2023 Dec 19

ICSD President meets with IOC President Bach in Lausanne Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), received Adam Kosa, President of the International Committee of Sports for the Deaf (ICSD), at the Olympic House on 13 June 2023.
Posted: 2023 Jun 21

Ankara 2024 - Site Inspection Video announcing site inspection for the Winter Deaflympics in Türkiye.
Posted: 2023 Jun 09

ICSD President' Message on the 2024 Winter Deaflympics I would like to make a short report on the preparations for the 20th Winter Deaflympics. Next Winter Deaflympics will take place in Ankara, the capital of Turkey, from 18-28 February 2024, in 7 sports.
Posted: 2023 Apr 28

ICSD bans former Athletics Technical Director for sexual harassment ICSD has banned for 30 years the former Athletics Technical Director from all sporting and official events organised by the ICSD, ICSD members, and associate member organisations after finding him guilty of sexually harassing one female member.
Posted: 2022 Nov 10

Closing Ceremony - ICSD President's speech We received about 5,000 people here, 2401 athletes from 73 nations. 50 of the 73 countries that competed rose to the podium in Caxias do Sul that's fabulous. Thousands of athletes will take medals and memories, certainly positive from Caxias do Sul.
Posted: 2022 May 15

Opening Ceremony - ICSD President's speech Today we start writing a new chapter of the Deaflympic History! We can write this chapter because of your hosts - Brazilian people whom we thank wholeheartedly for welcoming us and our Games. We have first Deaflympics in South America!
Posted: 2022 May 01

Deaflympics 2021 in Bowling ICSD is very pleased to announce that the bowling venue for the 24th Deaflympics is not canceled. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia has graciously accepted being the host city. It will take place on 20 - 30 October 2022. The Deaflympics awards ceremony for bowling a
Posted: 2022 Apr 12

ICSD calls for peace ahead of the 2021 Summer Deaflympics in Brazil The ICSD is among the latest International Federation to follow the recommendations set out by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in response to the involvement of Russia and Belarus in the invasion
Posted: 2022 Mar 05

2022 Season Greetings of the ICSD President We are very pleased with all the progress made with our ICSD. It has been a hard year for the whole world, but we are continuously striving to enhance ourselves in order to remain at the highest level.
Posted: 2021 Dec 31

Organizing Committee and SER Caxias sign contract to lease space for Deaflympics Estadio Centenário will be the stage for the men's and women's football final of the games that will take place from May 1st to 15th, 2022, in Caxias do Sul
Posted: 2021 Dec 17

Members of the ICSD Executive Board approved by Congress The last item of business before the Extraordinary Congress adjourned was the election of the Executive Board. Gustavo Perazzolo, who had been the Interim President since Kang Chen resigned in September 2020, was chosen to continue his presidential role u
Posted: 2021 Nov 30

Caxias du Sol Confirmed as the Host City for 24th Summer Deaflympics During the second day of ICSD Extraordinary Congress in Lausanne, Switzerland, the Brazil Deaf Sports Federation has made the decision to have Caxias du Sol be the host city for the Summer Deaflympics 2022. The decision was approved by the Congress.
Posted: 2021 Nov 30

Deaflympics recruits volunteers for an event that will bring together more than 6,000 athletes in Caxias The Organizing Committee estimates that around 1000 volunteers will be mobilized for the event, in addition to other contingents that will work in various areas.
Posted: 2021 Nov 08

First meeting with SLOs is held at the Organising Committee of the 24th Deaflympics
Posted: 2021 Oct 29