One more happy marriage in world football has increased. One of the best referees in history, Englishman Howard Webb married a referee from Germany - Bibiana Steinhaus, who in 2017 became the first woman to judge matches in the men's Bundesliga.

According to Bild, the wedding of 49-year-old Webb and 42-year-old Steinhaus took place in March without witnesses..

Previously, Webb had been married for 21 years to Kay Webb, who bore him three children - Holly, Jack and Lucy..

Bibiana Steinhaus - former soccer player. She was recognized as the best female arbiter in the world in 2013, 2014, 2017 and 2018.. She ended her refereeing career last season with a German Super Cup match between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund..

Interestingly, by their main profession, both are policemen: Howard is a sergeant, and Bibiana is a captain..

Note that Steinhaus became famous all over the world after a funny episode that happened to her during the match " Then the player of “Hertha” Peter Niemeyer wanted to pat Bibian on the shoulder in a friendly way, but missed and involuntarily touched the woman's chest.

The video of this incident went viral on the web.

As TSN Prosport previously wrote, it became known why the Romanian referee took an autograph from the star of Borussia Dortmund Erling Holland after the Champions League match.