Lee Ju-ho won gold in the men's 200m backstroke at the 2025 Australian Short Course Championships in Melbourne with a time of 1:51.24, setting a new Korean short course record. This breaks his previous record of 1:52.85 set in October 2024 by 1.61 seconds. Other Korean swimmers also achieved success, with Cho Sung-jae winning the men's 100m breaststroke, Ji Yu-chan winning the men's 50m freestyle, and Kim Seung-won placing third in the women's 50m backstroke. The team is returning to Korea on October 3 after a 4-week training camp in Australia.

British swimmer Ben Proud, a silver medalist at the Paris 2024 Olympics, has joined the Enhanced Games, citing financial incentives. Aquatics GB and UK Sport have expressed disappointment and are reviewing his funding. World Aquatics may ban Proud under rules against enabling doped sports. The Enhanced Games faces an antitrust case from World Aquatics and WADA. The inaugural Enhanced Games are scheduled for May 21-24, 2026, in Las Vegas, offering $7.5 million in prize money.

Sri Lanka NOC President Suresh Subramaniam expressed his gratitude for OCA Director General Husain Al Musallam's participation in the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games Fun Run in Colombo on September 8, 2025. Al Musallam will also meet with Sri Lanka Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya. This visit signifies renewed support after the Sri Lanka NOC addressed internal issues involving corrupt officials, leading to the restoration of funding from the OCA and IOC. The event will include a kite-flying celebration, cultural dancing, and a kabaddi demonstration and an Asian Youth Reporter project.

Timothy Fok Tsun-ting, president of the Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China, urges Hong Kong to emulate Singapore's rapid development of sports facilities, citing the construction of a 4,800-seat aquatics center in six months. He also advocates for upgrading Victoria Park and developing sustainable sports facilities to host international events. Hong Kong will co-host the National Games in November and is set to host the Association of National Olympic Committees general assembly in December 2026.

The ANOC Medical Commission met virtually on August 28, 2025, to discuss gender eligibility testing in sports, emphasizing fairness and athlete health. They reviewed medical accreditation, standardized documentation, and committee coordination, essential for event safety and transparency. The commission examined policies from World Athletics, which requires transgender athletes to maintain specific testosterone levels, and World Aquatics (FINA), which restricts transgender women unless they transitioned before age 12 and is exploring an open category. World Boxing implements chromosomal PCR testing to determine female eligibility. The meeting included regional updates and the creation of a Medical Operations Group to support Continental Games planning, with the next meeting scheduled post-Milano Cortina 2026 in March 2026.