Answer: tournaments

AnswerCrossword Clue
tournaments(in a sport or game) A series of contests between a number of competitors, who compete for an overall prize
tournaments(in the Middle Ages) A sporting event in which two knights (or two groups of knights) jousted on horseback with blunted weapons, each trying to knock the other off, the winner receiving a prize
tournamentsTOURNAMENT, a series of games to determine a winner or winning team by elimination