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Coach Anders Torstensson Embraces Life with Cancer While Leading Mjällby

A good half-year after the news that he has chronic lymphatic leukemia, Anders Torstensson is starting a new Allsvenskan football season with the successful team Mjällby. I have come to terms with the diagnosis, says the 59-year-old.

Coach Anders Torstensson Embraces Life with Cancer While Leading Mjällby

Halmstad's crab walk continues – despite the coach change

A number of early setbacks were not what the crisis-ridden Allsvenskan team Halmstad needed in the away game against Mjällby. The 1-3 loss cemented the Hallanders' already precarious table position.

Halmstad's crab walk continues – despite the coach change

Cancer-stricken Mjällby Coach Back in Full Service

From next week, Mjällby's coach Anders Torstensson will be back in full service. The news comes less than two weeks after Torstensson was put on sick leave after being diagnosed with a type of blood cancer.

Cancer-stricken Mjällby Coach Back in Full Service

Cancer-stricken coach on the bench

This evening, Mjällby will play against Hässleholm in the Swedish Cup. Then, Mjällby's cancer-stricken coach Anders Torstensson will sit on the bench in a "passive leadership role", the club announces.

Cancer-stricken coach on the bench

Mjällby Coach Torstensson Has Cancer

The coach of Allsvenskan Mjällby, Anders Torstensson, has been diagnosed with a form of blood cancer, chronic lymphatic leukemia, he writes on his Facebook page. "Despite three very nasty words in the diagnosis, I have already come to realize that there are worse forms of cancer.

Mjällby Coach Torstensson Has Cancer

Mjällby's coach on sick leave

Mjällby's head coach Anders Torstensson will be on sick leave "for a while", the club writes on its [website](https://maif. se/2024/08/17/mjallby-aifs-huvudtranare-anders-torstensson-ar-sjukskriven/).

Mjällby's coach on sick leave