Olympics: London organisers sorry for Korea flag blunder

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London Olympic organisers apologised on Thursday after a mix-up over North Korea's flag prompted its women's football team to walk off the pitch in an embarrassing start to the Games.

The North Korean squad were pictured next to the national flag of South Korea - with whom the North are officially still at war - at their opening match against Colombia on Wednesday at Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland.The North Koreans walked off but were persuaded to return to the pitch an hour later when the teams were reannounced with each player's face shown next to the correct flag.

'We made a mistake, it is as simple as that,' Paul Deighton, chief executive of games organisers LOCOG, told BBC radio. 'We have apologised and we are taking steps to make sure that absolutely can't happen again, he added. 'It was simple human error, that is why we have apologised. I can assure you that it is not going to happen again.' North Korea went on to win the match 2-0.