Good afternoon and welcome to our coverage of the 2011 Women's World Cup which kicks off today in Germany

The refereee brings the game to a close and it is three points for the French who get off to a perfect start. It wasn't a classic but France certainly deserved the win in a game which they dominated

France just seeing out the game now as Nigeria seem all out of ideas.

The game heads into added time, of which there will be three minutes

Necib hits the free-kick but it was always going over, not by that much, but Dede was never worried

Tomic brought down 25 yards out and Necib is lining it up

Time running out for Nigeria now as they still haven't really got a shot that has tested Sapowicz in

France not afraid to still push for a second though as Le Sommer throws in a cross, but Dede takes it well

Nigeria pushing now as Sapowicz forced to grab a ball that had been bobbling around her area dangerously

Nkwocha the next to get a shot away, but it's blocked again, the French defending is proving to be resolute

Sunday shrugs off a couple of challenges but can only muster a tame shot that is easily blocked

Delie looked like she was in on goal for a moment but she was muscled off it and the danger is cleared

Ukaonu's long throw causes a bit of bother in the French penalty box but no one can get a shot away, Mbachu eventually giving away a free-kick

It's become fairly scrappy in midfield with both teams giving the ball away on a regular basis, the French maybe getting a little nervy

Sapowicz claims a cross from the left, but hardly convincingly as it looked for a second like she was going to drop it into her own goal

Orji now replaced by Sunday as she fails to make a recovery from her thigh injury

Ohale returns to the action just in time to make an excellent tackle on Tomic as the winger burst into the penalty box

The Nigerians currently down to nine with Ohale and Orji off the field injured and no substitute has been called on as yet

A strong but unintentional collision between Delie and Ohale leaves the Nigerian on the turf and looking in some discomfort

The corner is put behind by the defence and the second one is cleared comfortably

Orji wins a corner against Lepailleur but then goes down with a muscular injury and looks in seriosu pain