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• Chelsea tops AP poll after winning Euro title

  May 21, 2013

  MANCHESTER, England (AP) - Chelsea surged to the top of the weekly Associated Press global soccer poll after winning the Europa League and qualifying for the Champions League for the 11th straight season.There was a Chelsea player at the top of the player rankings, with Fernando Torres sharing first place with Bayern Munich winger Franck Ribery. The Spanish striker belatedly regained his goal-scoring form to impress the 14 voters on the panel.

• Mexico prohibits multiple soccer teams ownership

  May 20, 2013

  MEXICO CITY (AP) - The owners of the 18 Mexican first-division soccer clubs voted Monday to bar one person or one company from owning more than one team.The vote was an apparent move to stop tycoon Carlos Slim from expanding his growing influence in Mexican soccer.