WADA had also received formal bids from Dallas in United States, and Sochi in Russia. Two other cities - Kuwait City in Kuwait and Ljubljana in Slovenia - withdrew their bids.

WADA President John Fahey said the 4th World Conference would be an important opportunity to take stock of progress made in the fight against doping and to plot the way forward.

“We look forward to working with the City of Johannesburg to prepare and host the event, and we thank all bid cities for their interest and the quality of their submissions,” he added. - BuaNews