Chelsea Star Terry out for upto two months after the last night defeat match with Arsenal

Arsenal defeated Chelsea for the first time since February 2004 to reclaim top spot in the Premier League.

Manchester United had moved above them earlier in the day but William Gallas's header after Petr Cech failed to collect a corner ensured a Gunners win.

Shaun Wright-Phillips should have equalised but missed from six yards, while Manuel Almunia saved an Andriy Shevchenko free-kick in injury time.

Robin van Persie missed from 14 yards and was then denied by Cech late on.

Arsenal did not beat Chelsea during Jose Mourinho's entire tenure as Blues manager but have defeated Avram Grant's team at the first attempt.

Chelsea had gone 16 games without defeat in all competitions under Grant but now trail the Gunners by six points and United by five at the top of the league.

As with United's match at Liverpool earlier in the day, it was a tight game with little to choose between the teams.

But Arsenal showed a little more invention and ability on the break than Chelsea, who crucially lost John Terry to a suspected ligament injury after 38 minutes.

Even so, Chelsea should have equalised through Wright-Phillips, who scuffed his shot from six yards after Gallas had diverted a cross into his path midway through the second half.

Arsenal started brightly, their crisp passing and intelligent movement heavily in evidence as the home team looked for an early goal.

They had Cesc Fabregas, Mathieu Flamini and Alexander Hleb back in their line-up but Chelsea, with their five-man midfield, soon ensured that space and time on the ball was at a premium.

And it looked as though the first half would remain goalless before Gallas, playing against his old team, struck in time added on.

Chelsea had lost Terry after he failed to recover from a challenge by Emmanuel Eboue and, without the skipper's commanding presence in the box, Gallas was able to nudge Tal Ben Haim off the ball and convert Fabregas' corner.

But culpability for the goal lay with the normally reliable Cech, who came off his line to clear the corner but failed to make any meaningful contact with the ball.

Brazilian defender Alex had almost gifted Arsenal the lead earlier in the half when he tried to head the ball to Cech but only succeeded in looping it over the keeper and, thankfully for him, narrowly wide of the Chelsea goal.

It was a fractious game with plenty of niggle, two melees and 10 yellow cards.

Possession was surrendered far too cheaply for either team to find any kind of rhythm and for long spells it seemed to suit Chelsea, who forced first-half saves from Almunia with decent long-range strikes from Wright-Phillips and Shevchenko.

Almunia dived sharply to his right to prevent Obi from scoring his first goal of the season in the second half, while Wright-Phillips's horrible miss was a real let-off for the home team.

The game became increasingly stretched as Chelsea searched for an equaliser and Arsenal cut them open with a precise break that substitute Van Persie was unable to finish from 14 yards.

Van Persie had the ball in the net after another break but the goal was ruled out for offside and later saw another effort saved by Cech, who then denied Fabregas with a follow-up.

Shevchenko had a late chance for Chelsea with a free-kick but Almunia tipped the effort over his bar.

The final action saw Arsenal waste another chance on the break and Fabregas booked for a tackle on Ashley Cole, who was booed throughout the afternoon on his return to his former club.

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Lineups:
Arsenal: Manuel Almunia; Bacary Sagna, Kolo Toure, William Gallas, Gael Clichy; Emmanuel Eboue, Tomas Rosicky, Mathieu Flamini, Cesc Fabregas, Alex Hleb; Emmanuel Adebayor

Chelsea: Petr Cech; Paolo Ferreira, John Terry, Alex, Ashley Cole; Mikel John Obi, Claude Makelele, Frank Lampard, Shaun Wright-Phillips; Joe Cole, Andriy Shevchenko

a 4-5-1 formation, with Alex Hleb playing just off of lone striker Emmanuel Adebayor as a not-yet-match-fit Robin van Persie watched from the bench until the 70th minute.

Chelsea, unlike the Gunners, were missing top scorer Didier Drogba and fellow African Michael Essien, and therefore played with Joe Cole partnering Andriy Shevchenko in an offensive 4-4-2 which Avram Grant had hoped would bring some beautiful flowing football to Chelsea's game.

Arsenal: Almunia, Sagna, Toure, Gallas, Clichy, Eboue (Van Persie 69), Flamini, Fabregas, Rosicky, Hleb (Silva 77), Adebayor (Bendtner 90).
Subs Not Used: Lehmann, Senderos.

Booked: Adebayor, Eboue, Flamini, Toure, Fabregas.

Goals: Gallas 45.

Chelsea: Cech, Ferreira, Alex, Terry (Ben-Haim 38), Ashley Cole, Wright-Phillips (Kalou 75), Obi, Makelele (Pizarro 65), Lampard, Joe Cole, Shevchenko.
Subs Not Used: Cudicini, Belletti.

Booked: Terry, Lampard, Joe Cole, Ben-Haim, Obi.

Att: 60,139

Ref: Alan Wiley (Staffordshire).

CHELSEA have been rocked by the news that John Terry has been ruled out for up to two months.

Doctors today confirmed that the England skipper has broken three bones in his right foot, including a metatarsal.

That is not just a blow for Blues boss Avram Grant, who now has to get their season back on track without his influential captain.

It also means Terry may well have to sit out Fabio Capello's first game in charge as England manager.

CRUNCH ... Eboue and Terry collide

The defender hobbled off during Sunday's 1-0 defeat at Arsenal after being injured in a challenge by Emmanuel Eboue.

X-rays have shown that Terry has broken the third metatarsal in his right foot, which is understood to be as bad as it can get.

A close friend said: "The doctors were surprised as they said it's very unusual to break that third metatarsal.

"It's more common for footballers to break the first or fifth metatarsal.

"The bad news is they say it will take longer to heal than normal.

Chelsea were not expecting such devastating news as an initial scan had failed to show the true extent of the damage.

Club doctor Bryan English said: "An X-ray taken in the Arsenal medical room straight after John left the field didn't show the injury.

"However, as is usual with mid-foot injuries, the fractures were revealed following scans, which were performed this afternoon.

"John will start his rehabilitation immediately with the Chelsea medical team and we will continue to monitor the injury."

Capello, who was unveiled as new England manager today, will make his Wembley bow with a friendly on February 6 against Switzerland.

But doctors believe that could come too soon for Terry to have recovered fully.

The third metatarsal bones are in the middle toe, which normally suffer injury through wear and tear rather than a clean break.

Wayne Rooney and Michael Owen have broken fifth metatarsals before and took at least six weeks LONGER for both players to get back into action than specialists originally predicted.

In 2004, Scott Parker broke a second metatarsal and although an eight-week absence was predicted, it was 34 weeks before he made a return.

After yesterday's game, Chelsea striker Salomon Kalou revealed that Eboue had apologised to Terry for the tackle.

He said: “I was saying to Eboue that it was a red card because he did it on purpose - but he denied that.

“He said he tried to block the ball and it was not on purpose. He said sorry to John.

"He didn’t mean to do it but to apologise was a nice thing to do. John will be a big loss and is very important to the squad.

"We will miss him and it will be difficult to do it without him but we have the players to do that.”

In February 2007 J0hn Terry was seriously injured

Famous Communicable English Disease

Metatarsal

JOHN TERRY has become the latest England ace to be struck down with the curse of the metatarsal.

Here SunSport looks at the previous Three Lions stars to have fallen foul of the injury and their eventual recovery periods.

April 2002 - DAVID BECKHAM broke his second metatarsal while playing in the Champions League for Manchester United against Deportivo La Coruna. He played at the World Cup three months later but it was clear he was unfit. Predicted: 6 weeks Return: 7 weeks later

April 2002 - Manchester United defender GARY NEVILLE broke his fifth metatarsal against Bayer Leverkusen, also in the Champions League, forcing him to miss the World Cup. Predicted: 6-8 weeks Return: 21 weeks later

May 2002 - DANNY MURPHY was drafted into the World Cup squad but fractured a metatarsal while training. Predicted: 6-8 weeks Return: 21 weeks later

June 2004 - WAYNE ROONEY broke his fifth metatarsal in England's quarter-final clash with Portugal at Euro 2004. Portugal eventually win on penalties. Predicted: 8 weeks Return: 14 weeks later

September 2004 - STEVEN GERRARD broke his fifth metatarsal in Liverpool's 2-1 defeat at Manchester United. Predicted: 6-8 weeks Return: 10 weeks later

December 2004 - SCOTT PARKER fractured his second metatarsal playing for Chelsea. Predicted: 8 weeks Return: 34 weeks later

October 2005 - ASHLEY COLE broke a metatarsal before England's World Cup qualifiers against Austria and Poland. Predicted: 6-8 weeks Return: 12 weeks later

December 2005 - MICHAEL OWEN broke a metatarsal bone in his foot when he collided with England team-mate Paul Robinson during Tottenham's clash with Newcastle at White Hart Lane. Predicted: 6-8 weeks Return: 17 weeks later

April 2006 - Tottenham defender LEDLEY KING damaged his metatarsal playing against Everton and, unlike Rooney, England decided not to risk him for the World Cup Predicted: 6 weeks Return: 8 weeks later

April 2006 - WAYNE ROONEY broke the fourth metatarsal of his right foot after tackle by Paulo Ferreria in league match with Chelsea. Returned in time for World Cup 2006 but lacked match fitness Predicted: 6 weeks Return: 8 weeks

Is this the best goal ever?

FOOTBALL is buzzing with one question right now ? has anyone ever netted a sweeter strike?

Fans of the beautiful game have been gasping in wonder at the cheeky crossed-kick effort by Peruvian Andres Vasquez.

It was the 19-year-old midfielder’s first league goal for Swedish side IFK Gothenburg and it is unlikely he will ever top it.

On Monday night he took the ball from an Orebro player, ran to the edge of the penalty area and, as the ball rolled, moved his left leg behind his right.

With the outside of his left boot he then chipped the ball sweetly into the top corner of the net.

The “crossed-kick” is known as a Rabona and Italian player Giovanni Roccotelli is credited with inventing it in the 1970s.

It has been demonstrated in England this season by Joe Cole and Cristiano Ronaldo.

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Heavy Snow in Scotland buries a young Cow...........

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This is a Photo of January 2007 from Scotland. Close ur eyes and picture the scene how many animals must be dying out there every year in snow! what the people care is just a human body.
Who gonna hear there help? when human gonna feel there pain......
Donno How many lives are this January 2008 going to take?

The motorcycle Dairies

Dear mom
Buenos Air is behind us
behind is as also the miserable life
the faculty, the exams and the dissertations
that make u sleepy
Before us lies all of latin America
From now on we will only trust in ''La Poderosa''

I wish you could see us. We look like adventurers
and inspire admiration and envy everywhere


I used to listen the bare feet splashing in the ship
'And had a feeling of the faces darkened by hunger
'' My heart was a pendulum between her and the street
'' I don't know with what strenght i freed myself from her eyes,
'' I broke away from her arms
She was left clouding with tears her anguish
''Behind the rain and the glass

Dear Mom... We are still hitting the road,
but to tell you the truth, the bike is less powerful every day
Money and food are scarce, but we manage to find opportunities to eat and sleep for free
Thanks to our secret weapon:
Alberto's infallible sweet talking

Dear Mom... what is it that's lost when you cross a border.
Each moment seems to be split in two
Melancholy for what was left behind and on the other hand all the enthusiam at entering new lands

Dear mom .........I knew i wouldn't be able to help that poor woman
That up to a month ago she had been serving tables, panting like me
trying to live with dignity
In those dying eyes, there was a humble request for excuses
And a desperate plea of consolation that gets lost in the emptiness
Just as her body will get lost very soon in the magnitude of the mystery
that surrounds us

Those eyes has a dark and tragic expression
They told us about some friends that had disappeared under mysterious circumstances
And that apparently ended up in some part on the bottom of the ocean
That was one of the coldest nights of my life
But meeting them made me feel closer to human kind.
Strange, so strange to me


When we left the mine, we felt reality was changing
.... or were we the ones changing
Going deeper and deeper into the mountain range
we found more natives that don't even have a rood in what used to be their own land
Finally we enter to Peru
Thanks toa truck driver half blind, Felix
i almost forgot........Today is Alberto's 30th birthday
but not in Venezuela, as he had envisioned
we were so tired, mom that we couldn't even celebrate
Finally we arrived to the heart of America
Cuzco.
after entering the city, we met Don Nestor
A very wise man, mom that ended up as our official guide

The Incas had a high knowledge of actronomy, medicine, math, among others
But the Spanish invaders had powder
how would America be today if things had been different?

How is it possible that i feel nostalgia for a world i never knew
How do you explain that a civilization capable of building this
is wiped out to build..........
.......is

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In Time
Monday, June 14, 1999 (published on)
Che Guevara
Though communism may have lost its fire, he remains the potent symbol of rebellion and the alluring zeal of revolution
By ARIEL DORFMAN

By the time Ernesto Guevara, known to us as Che, was murdered in the jungles of Bolivia in October 1967, he was already a legend to my generation, not only in Latin America but also around the world.

Like so many epics, the story of the obscure Argentine doctor who abandoned his profession and his native land to pursue the emancipation of the poor of the earth began with a voyage. In 1956, along with Fidel Castro and a handful of others, he had crossed the Caribbean in the rickety yacht Granma on the mad mission of invading Cuba and overthrowing the dictator Fulgencio Batista. Landing in a hostile swamp, losing most of their contingent, the survivors fought their way to the Sierra Maestra. A bit over two years later, after a guerrilla campaign in which Guevara displayed such outrageous bravery and skill that he was named comandante, the insurgents entered Havana and launched what was to become the first and only victorious socialist revolution in the Americas. The images were thereafter invariably gigantic. Che the titan standing up to the Yanquis, the world's dominant power. Che the moral guru proclaiming that a New Man, no ego and all ferocious love for the other, had to be forcibly created out of the ruins of the old one. Che the romantic mysteriously leaving the revolution to continue, sick though he might be with asthma, the struggle against oppression and tyranny.

His execution in Vallegrande at the age of 39 only enhanced Guevara's mythical stature. That Christ-like figure laid out on a bed of death with his uncanny eyes almost about to open; those fearless last words ("Shoot, coward, you're only going to kill a man") that somebody invented or reported; the anonymous burial and the hacked-off hands, as if his killers feared him more after he was dead than when he had been alive: all of it is scalded into the mind and memory of those defiant times. He would resurrect, young people shouted in the late '60s; I can remember fervently proclaiming it in the streets of Santiago, Chile, while similar vows exploded across Latin America. !No lo vamos a olvidar! We won't let him be forgotten.

More than 30 years have passed, and the dead hero has indeed persisted in collective memory, but not exactly in the way the majority of us would have anticipated. Che has become ubiquitous: his figure stares out at us from coffee mugs and posters, jingles at the end of key rings and jewelry, pops up in rock songs and operas and art shows. This apotheosis of his image has been accompanied by a parallel disappearance of the real man, swallowed by the myth. Most of those who idolize the incendiary guerrilla with the star on his beret were born long after his demise and have only the sketchiest knowledge of his goals or his life. Gone is the generous Che who tended wounded enemy soldiers, gone is the vulnerable warrior who wanted to curtail his love of life lest it make him less effective in combat and gone also is the darker, more turbulent Che who signed orders to execute prisoners in Cuban jails without a fair trial.


Cuban revolutionary leader Ernesto "Che" Guevara at Havana airport in 1962

This erasure of complexity is the normal fate of any icon. More paradoxical is that the humanity that worships Che has by and large turned away from just about everything he believed in. The future he predicted has not been kind to his ideals or his ideas. Back in the '60s, we presumed that his self-immolation would be commemorated by social action, the downtrodden rising against the system and creating — to use Che's own words — two, three, many Vietnams. Thousands of luminous young men, particularly in Latin America, followed his example into the hills and were slaughtered there or tortured to death in sad city cellars, never knowing that their dreams of total liberation, like those of Che, would not come true. If Vietnam is being imitated today, it is primarily as a model for how a society forged in insurrection now seeks to be actively integrated into the global market. Nor has Guevara's uncompromising, unrealistic style of struggle, or his ethical absolutism, prevailed. The major revolutions of the past quarter-century (South Africa, Iran, the Philippines, Nicaragua), not to mention the peaceful transitions to democracy in Latin America, East Asia and the communist world, have all entailed negotiations with former adversaries, a give and take that could not be farther from Che's unyielding demand for confrontation to the death. Even someone like Subcomandante Marcos, the spokesman for the Chiapas Maya revolt, whose charisma and moral stance remind us of Che's, does not espouse his hero's economic or military theories.

How to understand, then, Che Guevara's pervasive popularity, especially among the affluent young?

Perhaps in these orphaned times of incessantly shifting identities and alliances, the fantasy of an adventurer who changed countries and crossed borders and broke down limits without once betraying his basic loyalties provides the restless youth of our era with an optimal combination, grounding them in a fierce center of moral gravity while simultaneously appealing to their contemporary nomadic impulse. To those who will never follow in his footsteps, submerged as they are in a world of cynicism, self-interest and frantic consumption, nothing could be more vicariously gratifying than Che's disdain for material comfort and everyday desires. One might suggest that it is Che's distance, the apparent impossibility of duplicating his life anymore, that makes him so attractive. And is not Che, with his hippie hair and wispy revolutionary beard, the perfect postmodern conduit to the nonconformist, seditious '60s, that disruptive past confined to gesture and fashion? Is it conceivable that one of the only two Latin Americans to make it onto TIME's 100 most important figures of the century can be comfortably transmogrified into a symbol of rebellion precisely because he is no longer dangerous?

I wouldn't be too sure. I suspect that the young of the world grasp that the man whose poster beckons from their walls cannot be that irrelevant, this secular saint ready to die because he could not tolerate a world where los pobres de la tierra, the displaced and dislocated of history, would be eternally relegated to its vast margins.

Even though I have come to be wary of dead heroes and the overwhelming burden their martyrdom imposes on the living, I will allow myself a prophecy. Or maybe it is a warning. More than 3 billion human beings on this planet right now live on less than $2 a day. And every day that breaks, 40,000 children — more than one every second! — succumb to diseases linked to chronic hunger. They are there, always there, the terrifying conditions of injustice and inequality that led Che many decades ago to start his journey toward that bullet and that photo awaiting him in Bolivia.

The powerful of the earth should take heed: deep inside that T shirt where we have tried to trap him, the eyes of Che Guevara are still burning with impatience.

Ariel Dorfman holds the Walter Hines Page Chair at Duke University. His latest novel is The Nanny and the Iceberg

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