Bern — This season’s Champions League, suspended in March because of the Covid-19 pandemic, will be completed with an eight-team mini-tournament that will be held in Lisbon in August, European football’s governing body Uefa said on Wednesday.

The quarterfinals and semifinals will be staged over one leg, instead of the usual two, with the final to be held on August 23, Uefa deputy general secretary Giorgio Marchetti said after an executive committee meeting held by video conference...

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