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Jamaica, Bob Marley and football: a family love affair

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In Jamaica, the spirit of Bob Marley is inescapable: it permeates the Caribbean island nation, even its football pitches a sign of the reggae legend's passion for the sport.

After Marley's death, his children picked up the torch -- and the country's women's team, who have qualified for their first-ever World Cup this summer in France, owe a lot to the musician's daughter Cedella.

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