Former England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson dies at 76

STOCKHOLM, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Swedish football manager Sven-Goran Eriksson, who coached England from 2001 to 2006, died Monday at the age of 76 after a battle with pancreatic cancer.

In January, Eriksson revealed that he is suffering from terminal cancer and has "at best case a year" to live.

Eriksson made history in 2001 when he replaced Kevin Keegan to become the first foreign coach to take charge of t