SC Magdeburg goalkeeper Nikola Portner tested positive for crystal meth. Handball Bundesliga has suspended the Swiss goalkeeper for doping.
He faces a long ban and regrets the situation. The club does not fear any immediate consequences for the top performer - but does not have a replacement for the time being. If the B sample also turns out positive, Portner could face a ban of up to four years, said doping expert Fritz Sörgel to handball-world. The B test could also exonerate the Swiss. However, an equivalent replacement for Portner is hardly feasible at this time. The German National Anti-Doping Agency of Germany (NADA) announced that there was methamphetamine in it. NADA announced this at the request of the German Press Agency (dpa) The test result had previously been communicated to the SCM player. “I have been informed that a competition check of mine appears to have ‘an analysis result that deviates from the norm’ and that a results management procedure has therefore been initiated,” the goalkeeper of the Champions League winner initially wrote.