Ben Dirs Explained

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.

• 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

1. Web site: Home . bendirs.co.uk.
2. Web site: Ben Dirs leaves BBC Sport after 16 years. 18 January 2017.
3. Web site: Live blogging Big Brother: A new take on journalism or mindless rubbish? . 11 June 2007 . . 7 June 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714165354/http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/node/37866 . 14 July 2014 .
4. Book: We Could Be Heroes: One Van, Two Blokes and Twelve World Championships . paperback . 2009. Pan Macmillan. 256 . 978-0230736153.
5. Book: We Could Be Heroes . Unabridged. 2010. Pan Macmillan. 320 . 978-0330517386.
6. Book: 978-0230736160. Karma Chameleons . Fordyce . Tom . Dirs . Ben . 2010 . Macmillan .
7. Book: 978-0857208361. Everywhere We Went: Top Tales from Cricket's Barmy Army . Dirs . Ben . 23 April 2012 . Simon & Schuster UK .
8. Book: 978-1471129032. Benn Vs Eubank: Boxing's Bitter Rivalry . Dirs . Ben . 24 October 2013 . Simon & Schuster .
9. Book: 978-1471147722. Box to Box: From the Premier League to British Boxing Champion . Woodhouse . Curtis . October 2016 . Simon & Schuster, Limited .

External links

• Ben Dirs' BBC profile
• Rugby World Cup Blog
• Articles by Ben Dirs at Journalisted