Woman will referee in German soccer league

Referee Bibiana Steinhaus has been promoted to the Bundesliga for next season and will be the first woman working soccer games in Germany’s top division. The 38-year-old officiated the 2011 Women’s World Cup final and the 2012 London Olympic final, and will work the Women’s Champions League final on June 1 in Cardiff, Wales. She has also worked in the second division of the Bundesliga for a decade. Steinhaus says she aims “to make female referees a normal part of professional football and show simply that they belong in the game.”