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Greek soccer's 'Grexit' risk eased after talks with UEFA (The Associated Press)

ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greece is unlikely to be suspended from international competition after its government pledged to make key changes to a new sports law aimed at fighting violence and match-fixing, UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino said Wednesday.

Infantino met with members of the parliament committee who are debating a soccer anti-violence law that UEFA says interferes with the independence of the sport's administration.

The government's deputy minister for sport, Stavros Kontonis, and the chairman of the Greek Football Association, Giorgos Girtzikis, were also present.

''I think that the outcome of the meeting was positive (but) we are not there yet,'' Infantino said after the talks that lasted more than two hours.