Levski Basketball Player Tests Positive for Marijuana

Sports | April 4, 2008, Friday // 00:00
Bulgaria: Levski Basketball Player Tests Positive for Marijuana Basketball player from BC Levski Sofia, Rostislav Dikov (right), tested positive for marijuana. Photo by gong.bg

Basketball player from BC Levski Sofia, Rostislav Dikov, tested positive for marijuana after the derby against CSKA in February, officials from Bulgaria's Doping Control Commission announced.

The test results after the match, which Levski lost with a score of 82:90, showed Dikov had recently used cannabis but a second test had to be performed and analysed before the final results were announced.

On April 8 the Bulgarian Basketball Federation is to discuss the sanctions to be imposed on the player.

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