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Deaf rugby player Jodie Ounsley joins new line-up of Gladiators for TV reboot

May 4, 2023 by

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Jodie Ounsley, who became the first deaf woman to play for England’s Rugby Sevens in 2019, is to become a […]

EE and BT Sport launch ‘New Signing’ campaign for BSL sports commentators

October 27, 2022 by

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The mobile network EE and broadcaster BT Sport have joined forces on a new project which will see two British […]

England Deaf Women’s Futsal Team forced to raise £15,000 after FA pulls funding

July 21, 2022 by

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England’s Deaf Women Futsal Team is appealing for donations to cover the cost of taking part in the European Deaf […]

UK Deaf Sport calls on Deaflympics body to ban Russia and Belarus ‘until further notice’

March 3, 2022 by

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UK Deaf Sport has urged the International Committee of Sports for the Deaf (ICSD), which oversees the Deaflympics, to ban […]

Meet: Mo O’Brien, aiming become the first deaf person to row the Atlantic

December 4, 2019 by

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Dubbed “the world’s toughest row”, the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge starts in La Gomera in the Canary Islands and ends […]

Meet: Phoebe Suthers, the deaf teenager competing in the World Deaf Tennis Championships

October 1, 2019 by

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From a school in West Yorkshire to winning silver for Team GB in Slovenia aged 13, deaf young tennis player […]

Deaf News: Deaf swimmer calls for Government funding for deaf athletes

September 27, 2019 by

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A deaf athlete, ranked fifth in the world at this year’s World Deaf Swimming Championships, has launched a petition calling […]

UK Sport doubles funding for Winter Olympic and Paralympic athletes to £31 million… while Deaflympic athletes get nothing

July 2, 2014 by

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The news last week that UK Sport are doubling the funding that Winter Olympic and Paralympic athletes get to £31 […]