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Electronic Sports League to begin random drug tests

FILE - In this Aug. 7, 2009, file photo, a participant plays a computer game during the Intel Friday Night Game, a competition of the ESL, Electronic Sports League, in Dresden, Germany. The Electronic Sports League says it will begin randomly drug testing players at its competitive video game events. The e-sports organization announced plans Thursday, July 23, 2015, to work with the World Anti-Doping Agency to create and enforce rules surrounding the use of performance-enhancing drugs. (AP Photo/Matthias Rietschel, File)
FILE - In this Aug. 7, 2009, file photo, a participant plays a computer game during the Intel Friday Night Game, a competition of the ESL, Electronic Sports League, in Dresden, Germany. The Electronic Sports League says it will begin randomly drug testing players at its competitive video game events. The e-sports organization announced plans Thursday, July 23, 2015, to work with the World Anti-Doping Agency to create and enforce rules surrounding the use of performance-enhancing drugs. (AP Photo/Matthias Rietschel, File)

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Drug testing is coming to e-sports.

The Electronic Sports League said Thursday it will begin randomly drug testing players at its competitive video game tournaments.

The e-sports organization plans to work with the World Anti-Doping Agency to create and enforce rules surrounding the use of performance-enhancing drugs.

The announcement came after a competitive video game player said in a YouTube video posted last week that he and his team used the drug Adderall during an ESL tournament in March.

The Cologne, Germany-based organization said the random drug tests would begin at its ESL One Cologne tournament in August.