The former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has been laid to rest in his home town of Torsby, Sweden. The funeral was attended by around 600 mourners, including friends, family and his partner, Yaniseth del Carmen Bravo Mendoza. David Beckham, who captained England under Eriksson, and the Swede"s former partner Nancy Dell"Olio were among those in attendance at Fryksande church. Eriksson, who also had spells with Benfica, Lazio, Manchester City and many other clubs and national teams during a 42-year managerial career, passed away at the age of 76 after losing a battle with pancreatic cancer at the end of August Sven-Göran Eriksson obituary ‘A true gentleman’: Beckham leads tributes to Eriksson Sven, the strange power of football and maybe even the meaning of life