Nowadays, tournaments can be held for any [[sport]] and even have media-driven tournaments for non-sporting activities like eating food etc. A tournament may be defined as any competitive activity in which a group of people take part and there is a clear winner - either person or a team. The closest modern analogy to the [[medieval]] tournament would be the great "grand slam" tennis events like Wimbledon where the social occasion is almost as commented upon as the play; and Formula One motor racing. | Nowadays, tournaments can be held for any [[sport]] and even have media-driven tournaments for non-sporting activities like eating food etc. A tournament may be defined as any competitive activity in which a group of people take part and there is a clear winner - either person or a team. The closest modern analogy to the [[medieval]] tournament would be the great "grand slam" tennis events like Wimbledon where the social occasion is almost as commented upon as the play; and Formula One motor racing. |