{"id":391047,"date":"2017-05-19T18:25:07","date_gmt":"2017-05-19T18:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/05\/19\/steinhaus-to-become-first-female-referee-in-bundesliga\/"},"modified":"2017-05-19T18:25:07","modified_gmt":"2017-05-19T18:25:07","slug":"steinhaus-to-become-first-female-referee-in-bundesliga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/05\/19\/steinhaus-to-become-first-female-referee-in-bundesliga\/","title":{"rendered":"Steinhaus to become first female referee in Bundesliga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"news_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor:pointer;\" class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/XGltYWdlc1xjb250ZW50XDUxOTIwMTc1MDY0NF9iaWJpYW5hc3RlaW5oYXVzLmpwZ3wzMDB8MTgwfDUvMTkvMjAxNw==.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"javascript:window.location='\/newsphoto\/2\/1\/Nzc2NTI5';\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Frankfurt,May 19, (GNA\/dpa) &#8211; Bibiana Steinhaus will become the first female referee to take charge of Bundesliga games next season after being promoted to the pool of top-flight officials on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The German Football Association (DFB) said the 38-year-old Steinhaus was one of four officials who would make the step up for the 2017\/18 campaign from the second division.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was always my dream as a referee to be active in the Bundesliga,&#8221; Steinhaus said. &#8220;That this dream can now become true naturally fills me with great pleasure.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Martin Petersen, Sven Jablonski and Soeren Storks will join the Bundesliga from August along with Steinhaus while Wolfgang Stark, Guenter Perl and Joachim Drees step down due to age limits. 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