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Lawrence Ostlere

Sven-Goran Eriksson has ‘at best a year left to live’ after terminal cancer diagnosis

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Sven-Goran Eriksson has revealed he has “at best a year left to live” after being diagnosed with terminal cancer.

Eriksson collapsed while on a 5km run last year, which prompted doctors to investigate. They told the 75-year-old he had suffered a stroke, and subsequently discovered advanced pancreatic cancer. “They don’t know how long I had cancer, maybe a month or a year,” the former England manager told Swedish radio station P1.

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