Middlesbrough Ladies football team lost their first match in their high-profile North Korea trip. The team left last week for the four-day trip to one of the world's most secretive societies.

On Sunday, they were beaten 6-2 by North Korean women's team April 25, the Korean Central News Agency said. The visit is the latest event in a relationship which stretches back to the 1966 World Cup when the North Korea team played in Middlesbrough. The Middlesbrough team arrived in the capital Pyongyang on Saturday.