Good evening and welcome to our coverage of the Women's World Cup Final in Frankfurt between Japan and USA.

Thanks for joining us here for what has been a great game.

It's a cruel way to lose for USA but congratulations to Japan for holding their nerve at the end

What an ending to a stunning game of football and as good a world cup final as we could have hoped for.

Kumagai scores a brilliant penalty and Japan win the Women's World Cup!!!!

Wambach emphatically scores her penalty into the roof of the net but it might be too late for USA

Sakaguchi just about scores her penalty as it creeps under the body of Hope Solo

Heath's penalty is saved well by Kaihori diving to her right

Nagasato's penalty is saved by Solo diving to her right, not a great penalty

Lloyd now sends her penalty over the crossbar, really poor effort

Miyama keeps her cool sending Solo the wrong way and Japan lead 1-0

Shannon Boxx misses the first penalty of the shoot-out, the legs of Kaihori keep it out to her left

What an unbelieveable ending that was to the game, all action and now we head to the drama of penalty kicks. An incredible final.

There is the second final whistle and we go to penalties. What a game it has been.

The free-kick creates an enormous scramble in the area, it breaks to Heath who strikes a volley but it is brilliantly blocked

Red card for Iwasimizu!! She brings down Morgan who was in on goal, no doubt it was a red card, but she could have saved the game for her team, free-kick right on the edge of the area for USA

Fabulous chance for Wambach as O'Reilly puts in a great cross from the right, low across the six-yard box but Wambach on the slide puts it over the bar, she should have scored

Very late substitution for Japan as Iwabuchi comes on for Maruyama who herself was a substitute

Sawa looks for the run of Nagasato but the pass is wayward and it skips through to Solo

Japan have again come from nowhere to equalise with just three minutes left of the game

GOAL FOR JAPAN!!! Miyama swings-in the corner from the left and Sawa makes a fantastic run to the near post, her flick clips off Wambach and over Solo into the net. 2-2.