Johannesburg - In a first for sport, FIFA said video reports from all 64 matches of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa will be broadcast in International Sign on its website, www.fifa.com
In a statement to The Zimbabwean from Switzerland, the organisation said this would enable deaf and people with hearing impairments across the globe to follow all the matches of world footballs showpiece event even more comprehensively.”Football is a universal sport and it must be accessible to everyone. We are therefore delighted to be offering this service for people with hearing impairments and the deaf,” said FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter. “By producing these video reports with International Sign, FIFA is serving the needs of over 70 million people.”
International Sign, also known as IS, is an international auxiliary language used at international meetings such as the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) Congress and events such as the Deaflympics.The WFD represents approximately 70 million deaf people worldwide, which assists in making sign language available to deaf people, especially regarding matters of education and information.
All International Sign match report videos will be available at FIFA’s official website, FIFA.com soon after each game, the world football governing body said.
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