WITH short-term contracts signed, friendly matches underway and coronavirus testing continuing, Europe’s top teams are ready for the resumption of the Women’s Champions League.

Defending champion Lyon is seeking its fifth straight title and is the team to beat. Paris Saint-Germain, Arsenal, Barcelona, Wolfsburg, Atletico Madrid, Bayern Munich and Glasgow City are also in the quarter-finals.

The knockout tournament is scheduled to begin today in Bilbao and San Sebastian, in Spain’s northern Basque Country where local health officials fear a “second wave” of the coronavirus is underway.