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Colombo: The creaking of the iron gates at the P Sara Stadium provides the apt soundtrack as one enters the 109-year-old Tamil Union Cricket Club. Muttiah Muralitharan’s presence is everywhere in the complex — from the inauguration stone in the the mini sports complex and the administrative blocks, to ....Read more

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Tamil By: Vijay Singh | Wednesday , 11 Feb '09 8:22:22 AM Reply | Forward This is some thing we want to do away in Sri Lanka.We have Singhalese sports club, Tamil union, Moors cricket club and Burgher recreation club all based on ethnicity. enough is enough. Murali is loved by every one . So are Mubarak, Maharoof, Van dort and Sanath, They epitomise secular Sri Lanka. So hats off to Tamil Union for making it a club of every one. So are other clubs carrying ethnic names.

Sri Lanka CricketBy: Chandra Gupte | Monday , 9 Feb '09 14:14:48 PM Reply | Forward It is a bit rich for Schaffter to say that the club is run by the Sinhalese, when he is the Chairman. If the Chairman is not running the club, who is? Is it the groundsman or the barkeeper? Schaaffter's comments smacks of Tamil jingoism smarting under the impending defeat of the LTTE.

Tamil Union largly run by Sinhalese,,,By: Daniel Joseph | Monday , 9 Feb '09 14:57:24 PM Reply | Forward ChandraGet your readings right before you comment critically.He didn;t say That the Tamil Union is run entirly by the Sinhales. He had said: "....the club is now run largely by the Sinhalese — for instance, all 16 players in the squad when the club played in the Premier Division were Sinhalese."

Quotes?By: Jonathan | Tuesday , 10 Feb '09 6:40:05 AM Reply | Forward And it wasn't him who said it, either - it was the journalist.

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