Ben Dirs is a freelance writer and journalist. He was a sports journalist for the
BBC news website from 2001 to 2017. Whilst at the BBC he covered a wide range of major sporting events. He provided live
blogging on sports including boxing, golf and rugby
for people who cannot watch live television coverage, often for people who live abroad.
Dirs is the author o
seven books He lives in
Manchester with his dog Doris, a
Boston Terrier
The Boston Terrier is a breed of dog originating in the United States of America. This "American Gentleman" was accepted in 1893 by the American Kennel Club as a non-sporting breed. Color and markings are important when distinguishing this breed f ...
.
* ''We Could be Heroes: One Van, Two Blokes and Twelve World Championships'' with
Tom Fordyce
Tom Fordyce is a former BBC Sport journalist. He wrote text commentaries on cricket and tennis, also writing features on various other sports and blogging from a number of different events.
Fordyce attended Westminster School, where he was a pref ...
published 3 July 2009, charting the madcap escapades that resulted from trying to become the world champion in something.
* ''Karma Chameleons: No-one said the search for happiness would be dignified'' was published in 2010.
* ''Everywhere We Went: Top Tales from Cricket's Barmy Army'' about the
Barmy Army
The Barmy Army is a company that provides tickets and arranges touring parties for some of its members to follow the English cricket team in the UK and overseas. The Barmy Army was at first an informal group, but was later turned into a company li ...
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.
* ''Box to Box: From Premier League to British Boxing Champion'', the autobiography of
Curtis Woodhouse
Curtis Woodhouse BEM (born 17 April 1980) is an English former professional footballer turned professional boxer and football manager, currently in charge of Marske United. Woodhouse played football as a central midfielder, and competed as a ...
was published in 2016.
* ''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
External links
Ben Dirs' BBC profileRugby World Cup BlogArticles by Ben Dirsat
Journalisted
BBC people
British sportswriters
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Year of birth missing (living people)
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