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GLASGOW -- All that Tamerlan Tagziev wanted to do was make his adopted homeland proud. He succeeded in impressive fashion at the Commonwealth Games on Thursday. The Russian-born freestyle wrestler arrived in Canada five years ago, and won his first international gold medal for his new country with a dominant victory in the mens 86-kilogram division final. Still trying to catch his breath after the match, Tagziev pointed to the Maple Leaf on his chest as the reason for his 14-4 manhandling of Nigerias Andrew Dick. "Its a big deal to represent our country. Im proud of being Canadian," said the 32-year-old who lives in Toronto. "Im so happy that I can make all Canadians happy. "Im so proud. The national anthem (played) for me." Tagzievs gold came on the heels Danielle Lappages earlier victory in the womens 63-kilogram division and capped a great event on the mat for Canada on a day that also saw Brittanee Laverdure and Jevon Balfour win silver medals. Canadian wrestlers finished with 12 medals -- a Games-high seven gold along with two silver and three bronze -- in Glasgow, tied with Nigeria and behind only Indias 13 (five gold, six silver, two bronze). Dick jumped out to an early 4-2 lead in the first round against Tagziev, but the native of Beslan, Russia, quickly countered to score 12 straight points. "I knew I was going to beat him easy," said Tagziev. "He surprised me (early), but I was sure I was going to beat him." Indias Pawan Kumar and South Africas Armando Heitbrink split the bronze medals. Meanwhile, Lappage defeated Indias Geetika Jakhar 7-0 in the womens 63-kilogram final to also cap off her first Commonwealth Games in style. "It was awesome. The Games experience, the whole thing was just incredible," said the 23-year-old from Olds, Alta. "The crowd was amazing. Ive never wrestled in front of this many excited people before." Lappage and Jakhar got off to a tentative start in their bout before the Canadian scored six points in the second round to seal the victory. "I think that I was just really nervous and hesitant to make a mistake at the beginning," said Lappage. "As I warmed up I started to calm down a bit. "There was built up excitement and nervousness. I feel relieved. Im really excited." Cameroons Blandine Metala Epanga and Nigerias Blessing Oborududu won bronze. Earlier in the day, Laverdure suffered a nasty hand injury in the closing moments of her loss in the womens 55-kilogram division final to Indias Babita Kumari. "I looked down and the finger was poking out of the skin," said the 32-year-old Calgary lawyer, who shrugged off the pain to accept her silver along with bronze medallists Louisa Porogovska of England and Ifeoma Nwoye of Nigeria. Laverdure, who also hurt her shoulder last year and only got back competing in March, found herself down 5-0 halfway through the match before falling 9-2. "For me it was a slow start because I shouldnt give up the first four or six points because they take the points and shut down," she said, before adding: "Im happy with a silver." Canadas other podium finish in wrestling came by way of Balfour, who dropped the mens 65-kilogram final to defending Olympic bronze medallist Yogeshwar Dutt of India by a score of 10-0 in the first round. "I knew he was a good wrestler," said 19-year-old from Brampton, Ont. "I dont know if that got to me or not, but hes a good wrestler. Obviously he knew what he needed to do. "I know what I need to work on. I need to train harder." Sampson Clarkson of Nigeria and Scotlands Alex Gladkov settled for bronze. Balfour said that despite the disappointment of his final match in Scotland, he was pleased with his first Games. "My personal goal was to medal. If I didnt medal, I would be pretty upset at myself," he said. "I dont like going to a competition, coming all this way, and not getting on that podium." 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Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine and Frank Thomas appeared to be on track to gain election from the Baseball Writers Association of America on Wednesday, and Craig Biggio could join them.MOSCOW - Manchester City was left struggling in the Champions League on Tuesday after squandering a two-goal lead and conceding a late penalty to draw 2-2 at CSKA Moscow in an empty stadium.Goals from Sergio Aguero and James Milner gave City a comfortable two-goal lead by halftime at Arena Khimki, where CSKA was made to play behind closed doors as punishment for racist behaviour by its fans.CSKA substitute Seydou Doumbia pulled one back in the 65th minute off a cross from Ahmed Musa and Bibras Natcho levelled in the 86th from the penalty spot after Doumbia was fouled by Aleksandar Kolarov.Having had the match under control, the result leaves City third in Group E with two points from three games. City is four points off leader Bayern Munich and two behind second-placed AS Roma, who play each other later Tuesday.Of course Im very disappointed, City coach Manuel Pellegrini said. It seemed so easy after the first half.He added that City now needed to show the free-scoring form that has taken it to second place in the English Premier League in its final three group matches.I said today we must win the last four games. I think really we were very near to winning this game, but things like this happen in football, he said.Now there are nine points more to play for, so I hope we will see the team that you saw in the first half and the team that you see in the Premier League.On a freezing night, City went ahead in the 29th minute when David Silva played Edin Dzeko through with a fine chipped pass and the Bosnian laid the ball off for Aguero to score.The Argentine then turned provider for Citys second goal nine minutes lateer, picking up a Pablo Zabaleta header and sending the ball toward the far post, where Milner tapped it in.ddddddddddddSKA ventured forward more after the break, substituting a defender for Doumbia. The home team was rewarded when the Ivory Coast striker steered home a cross by Musa.Doumbia was also involved in the equalizer, when the referee ruled he was tripped by Kolarov. CSKAs Israeli midfielder Natcho stepped up to take the spot-kick in the 86th minute, putting the ball just beyond the reach of Joe Hart.Late on, CSKA came close to a winner when Musa worked his way into a good position, but his shot went wide of the post.City has failed to advance from the Champions League group stage in two of the last three seasons.CSKA is fourth in Group E with one point after ending a run of six defeats in Champions League games stretching back to last season.CSKA coach Leonid Slutsky said he was very pleased with the result after coming into the game with a difficult team situation due to injuries.Almost a year to the day after CSKA fans abused Citys Yaya Toure with monkey chants, the match was played without fans as part of CSKAs punishment for racist behaviour and violence by fans in last months 5-1 defeat to Roma.That was CSKAs third case of racism in less than a year and prompted a UEFA punishment of three home games in an empty stadium and two away games without CSKA fans.However, around 200 CSKA fans were in the stadium, apparently having obtained tickets intended for sponsors. Many more CSKA fans gathered outside the stadium to support their team and their chants were audible from inside the ground. ' ' '