Sporting contest (5)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">sporting contest</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for championship that I've seen before include "Contest - advocacy" , "Sporting contest to decide overall winner" , "title" .)
(Other definitions for match that I've seen before include "tie" , "Contest; correspond" , "Lighter; contest" , "Sporting event" , "Marriage; game" .)