Collaboration from me at sporting function (8)
I believe the answer is:
teamwork
'collaboration' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'me at sporting function' is the wordplay.
'sporting' indicates an anagram.
'function' becomes 'work' ('work' can be a synonym of 'function'**).
'me'+'at'='meat'
'meat' anagrammed gives 'team'.
'team'+'work'='TEAMWORK'
'from' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for teamwork that I've seen before include "Concert" , "Organised co-operation, group endeavour." , "Effective action of a group" , "joint operating" , "Co-ordination" .)