The Champions League quarterfinals bracket was set Wednesday, and it sends Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain toward more English teams standing in their path of the title. Madrid's beat city rival Atletico Madrid in a penalty shootout in the round of 16 on Wednesday — after Atletico's 1-0 win tied the aggregate score at 2-2 — having already eliminated Manchester City in the new knockout playoffs round last month.

Borussia Dortmund came from behind to win 2-1 at French side Lille on Wednesday and set up a Champions League quarter-final tie with Barcelona. After a 1-1 draw last week in Germany, Lille led from Jonathan David in the sixth minute,

The Germans are enduring a poor domestic campaign, languishing in 10th place in the Bundesliga. Read more at straitstimes.com.