The basketball teams vied for the championships.
Vie (verb) It means to compete, struggle, to contend. To strive in a competition or rivalry with another. The two siblings vied for the attention of their mother.
Many actors vie for the leading role in the famous director's new film.
c'est la vie (that's life) j'aime la vie (I love Life)
The football coach used the word vie in many of his sentences.
In French: Un aveugle a dit: «Etre capable de voir, c'est la vie."In English: A blind man once said, "Being able to see, that's life."