Baseball:Former St Louis Cardinals slugger Mark McGwire has admitted using steroids during his Major League Baseball playing career.
The 46-year-old, who broke MLB's single-season home run record with 70 in 1998, revealed in a statement that he used steroids at various times during the decade and regretted doing so.
"I used steroids during my playing career and I apologise," McGwire said. "I remember trying steroids very briefly in the 1989-1990 off-season and then after I was injured in 1993, I used steroids again.
"I used them on occasion throughout the '90s, including during the 1998 season.
"I wish I had never touched steroids. It was foolish and it was a mistake. I truly apologise. Looking back, I wish I had never played during the steroid era."
The Cardinals announced in October that McGwire would return to St Louis this year as the team's hitting coach.
