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Mexico prohibits multiple soccer teams ownership

FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2013 file photo, Mexican telecommunications tycoon Carlos Slim speaks during news conference at the Soumaya museum in Mexico City. Slim recently bought part of two of Mexico's first division soccer teams, setting up another showdown with television giants Televisa and TV Azteca, major players in the soccer field that are in turn trying to push their way into Slims telecommunications and Internet markets.

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.

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