The team beat Brazil to become one of the last 16, having overcome indifference and underfunding on the way

When Jamaica knocked football superpower Brazil out of the Women’s World Cup last week it was not even 7am in Kingston.

But the early hour was not enough to dampen the celebrations as the team – ranked 43rd in the world – became the first English-speaking Caribbean country to have made it to the knockout round.

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