For a moment no one but Quinn realized the admission had come from him.

Mr Mandela's admission to hospital comes after a series of reports about his health.

That admission may well come back to haunt him.

"Must it be an admission to come around to stating the obvious?"

Such admissions came slowly and were made to friends who admit that they never saw the bruises themselves.

Yet his admission of love had come so naturally, so instinctively, he knew it for the truth.

The official admission came in a statement by the Tass news agency.

But the admission came only after they won.

The defense lawyers maintain that his admissions came only after he was tortured and beaten repeatedly.

The latest admissions come at a time when professional cycling has been shaken by a series of scandals.