Official Bowling Oil Pattern Drawing – TOKYO 2025 The Official Bowling Oil Pattern Drawing for the 25th Summer Deaflympics Tokyo 2025 will take place on 1 September 2025 at 04:00 UTC (13:00 JST). The event will be live on the ICSD YouTube channel and will determine which of the three oil patterns will be
Posted: 2025 Aug 25

Official Draw Ceremony for Team Sports – TOKYO 2025 The Official Draw for team sports at Tokyo 2025 will take place on 29 July 2025 and be streamed live from the OC Headquarters. Group allocations for Basketball, Football, Handball, and Volleyball will be determined using clear and fair draw principles.
Posted: 2025 Jul 24

ICSD Deaf Individual Neutral Athletes (DINA) Regulations - Update In accordance with the ICSD decision on participation of Russian and Belarusian deaf athletes in ICSD-sanctioned competitions and events issued by the ICSD on 19 December 2023, the Executive Board established the DINA Committee and developed regulations.
Posted: 2025 Jul 24

Media accreditation for TOKYO 2025 - Update It provides information about media accreditation for individuals from countries other than Japan attending the Tokyo 2025 Deaflympics.
Posted: 2025 Jun 02

Deaf Sports & Sign Languages Zoom Webinar The Japan Deaf Sports Federation has announced that on 2 February 2025, ICSD President Ádám Kósa and International Sports Director Jürgen Endress will present during the second session of the Japanese Sign Language Research Seminar in Japan.
Posted: 2025 Jan 01

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

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 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

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 - Bid Inspection Video announcing bid 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