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Summer Deaflympics 2021 ICSD continues to take an active role, working alongside the Brazilian authorities and Organizing Committee, to deliver the best possible event with all necessary health and safety measures required.
Posted: 2021 Aug 12

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ICSD announces the implementation of the CAS award The decision taken by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on 17 December 2020 regarding the case of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency needs to be strictly and consistently implemented across the Deaflympics Movement.
Posted: 2021 Jul 12

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Postponement of the 2021 Summer Deaflympics It was decided that the 2021 Summer Deaflympics should take place between the 01 and 15 May 2022 in Caxias do Sul, Brazil.
Posted: 2021 Feb 03

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Inauguration of the Countdown Clock for the beginning of the 24th Summer Deaflympics Today we celebrate another milestone for the 2021 Summer Deaflympics: the inauguration of the 365-day countdown clock for the event.
Posted: 2020 Dec 05

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ICSD Update on COVID-19 ICSD recognises the importance of maintaining the safety and health of athletes, coaches, ICSD staff and local organising committees during the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic.
Posted: 2020 Nov 06

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ICSD Legal Commisssion - Ensuring justice for our Committee We are pleased to announce that the ICSD Legal Commission is now staffed and will start to work from this week on.
Posted: 2020 Oct 07

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Official Statement of ICSD Vice President It is high time we stopped the current confrontation and unrest, leading us and entire ICSD to distrustful chaos.
Posted: 2020 Sep 17

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Brazil Declares Host for the Summer Deaflympics in 2021 ICSD is pleased to release today that Brazil has been selected by ICSD and confirmed to win the bidding of the 24th Summer Deaflympics
Posted: 2020 Feb 26

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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2019 Congress
Posted: 2019 Jun 12

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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

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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

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News from Lausanne 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
Posted: 2019 Apr 14

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ICSD Announcement 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)
Posted: 2019 Mar 11

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Chess for 2019 Winter Deaflympics Information on chess for 2019 Winter Deaflympics in Italy
Posted: 2019 Feb 16

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Update Brazil Symposium 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
Posted: 2019 Feb 12

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New ICSD Legal Commisison The ICSD board has approved the establishment of the ICSD Legal Commission. Its main work will be to provide legal review of the current constitution and bylaws as well the proposed new constitution and bylaws.
Posted: 2019 Jan 11