The English football pyramid ranges from the financial power of the Premier League to Step 11 - deep within non-league. Promotion and relegation decide how teams move between the leagues.

German professional football employs a distinctive method ... in the Bundesliga and third in Bundesliga 2 contest the promotion/relegation play-off - known in German simply as the Relegation.

On 11 August, the worst news for Macclesfield: the EFL had won their appeal, four more points would be deducted (making it 17 ...

The UEFA Nations League is now an established tournament in the minds and eyes of the football-watching public — even ...

BBC Sport takes a look at how the league is shaping up, as the battles for promotion to the Premier ... against the Premier League and English Football League (EFL); but, if found guilty of ...

Promotion and relegation is a popular process in professional sports in which teams are demoted or promoted based on how well they play from one year to the next. Relegation is considered by many ...

Using British soccer's relegation system as a model to follow, this 40-team setup would bring more interest to the NFL.

Newcastle defender Lewis Hall was given his first-team debut by Thomas Tuchel in Chelsea's FA Cup win over Chesterfield in ...

Why college football needs to embrace cannibalism Four years ago, following a delicious end to the English ... feel for how relegation would work, each league's 2015 winner and promotion candidate ...

German professional football employs a distinctive method ... in the Bundesliga and third in Bundesliga 2 contest the promotion/relegation play-off - known in German simply as the Relegation.