Steve goes back outside, starts navigating the sports contests (6)
I believe the answer is:
events
'sports contests' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'steve goes back outside starts navigating' is the wordplay.
'goes back' says the letters should be written backwards.
'outside' indicates putting letters inside.
'starts' suggests taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'navigating' is 'n'.
'steve' backwards is 'evets'.
'evets' placed around 'n' is 'EVENTS'.
'the' is the link.
(Other definitions for events that I've seen before include "Planned social occasions" , "Occurrences, happenings" , "They take place" , "competition" , "Significant incidents" .)