Ben Dirs

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Ben Dirs^[1] is a freelance writer and journalist. He was a sports journalist for the BBC news website from 2001 to 2017.^[2] Whilst at the BBC he covered a wide range of major sporting events. He provided live blogging on sports including boxing, golf and rugby^[3] for people who cannot watch live television coverage, often for people who live abroad.

Dirs is the author of seven books. He lives in Manchester with his dog Doris, a Boston Terrier.

We Could be Heroes: One Van, Two Blokes and Twelve World Championships with Tom Fordyce published 3 July 2009, charting the madcap escapades that resulted from trying to become the world champion in something.^[4]^[5]
Karma Chameleons: No-one said the search for happiness would be dignified^[6] was published in 2010.
Everywhere We Went: Top Tales from Cricket's Barmy Army^[7] about the Barmy Army was published in 2012.
The Hate Game: Benn, Eubank and Boxing's Bitterest Rivalry, documenting the boxing matches between Nigel Benn and Chris Eubank was published in 2013.^[8]
Box to Box: From Premier League to British Boxing Champion, the autobiography of Curtis Woodhouse was published in 2016.^[9]
401: The Extraordinary Story of the Man who Ran 401 Marathons in 401 Days and Changed his Life Forever (2018)
Death Row – The Final Minutes (2018)
“Too Many Reasons to Live” the Rob Burrow Story 2021.

References

^ "Home". bendirs.co.uk.
^ "Ben Dirs leaves BBC Sport after 16 years". 18 January 2017.
^ "Live blogging Big Brother: A new take on journalism or mindless rubbish?". Press Gazette. 11 June 2007. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
^ We Could Be Heroes: One Van, Two Blokes and Twelve World Championships (paperback ed.). Pan Macmillan. 2009. p. 256. ISBN 978-0230736153.
^ We Could Be Heroes (Unabridged ed.). Pan Macmillan. 2010. p. 320. ISBN 978-0330517386.
^ Fordyce, Tom; Dirs, Ben (2010). Karma Chameleons. ISBN 978-0230736160.
^ Dirs, Ben (23 April 2012). Everywhere We Went: Top Tales from Cricket's Barmy Army. ISBN 978-0857208361.
^ Dirs, Ben (24 October 2013). Benn Vs Eubank: Boxing's Bitter Rivalry. ISBN 978-1471129032.
^ Woodhouse, Curtis (October 2016). Box to Box: From the Premier League to British Boxing Champion. ISBN 978-1471147722.