Brazil will host 2014. Russia 2018 and Qatar 2022.
Competition is vying with others.
Vying , struggling , contending ,
Yugoslavia and the Mongolian provinces.
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He was vying for his approval.
I was vying with two people i know from school.
Here is an example using the word "vying": "Peter and Daniel were both vying for the affections of their classmate, Annette."
Vying means competing. It's an adjective describing a person who likes to compete and is willing to fight. Example: Many swimmers were vying for the title
Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory but Spain has claimed sovereignty of 'the rock'.
Competitiveness, competition, contention, vying; opposition, conflict, struggle, strife, feuding, dissension, discord, antagonism, friction, enmity. Informal: keeping up with the Joneses. Thesaurus.com -- my best friend
Because, even if you don't care about the well being of people in other country's you are vying for their support in the world in competition with other country's. If one of your competitors on the world market makes an impression on a poor country and starts to use that country's position militarily or economically then it put you in a slightly weaker position. You will note that much aid directed to other country's by wealthier country's is distributed in such a way as to keep the poor blighters in poverty by supplying weapons as well as humanitarian aid.