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'''Ben Dirs'''<ref>https://www.bendirs.co.uk/</ref> is a freelance writer and journalist. He was a sports journalist for the [[bbc.co.uk|BBC news website]] from 2001 to 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.prolificnorth.co.uk/digital/news/2017/01/ben-dirs-leaves-bbc-sport-after-16-years|title=Ben Dirs leaves BBC Sport after 16 years|date=18 January 2017}}</ref> Whilst at the BBC he covered a wide range of major sporting events. He provided live [[blogging]] on sports including boxing, golf and rugby<ref name="pressgazette">{{cite web |
'''Ben Dirs'''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bendirs.co.uk/ |title=Home |website=bendirs.co.uk}}</ref> is a freelance writer and journalist. He was a sports journalist for the [[bbc.co.uk|BBC news website]] from 2001 to 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.prolificnorth.co.uk/digital/news/2017/01/ben-dirs-leaves-bbc-sport-after-16-years|title=Ben Dirs leaves BBC Sport after 16 years|date=18 January 2017}}</ref> Whilst at the BBC he covered a wide range of major sporting events. He provided live [[blogging]] on sports including boxing, golf and rugby<ref name="pressgazette">{{cite web |
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Dirs is the author of [https://www.bendirs.co.uk/books seven books]. |
Dirs is the author of [https://www.bendirs.co.uk/books seven books]. |
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* ''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.<ref name="amazon">{{cite book |title=We Could Be Heroes: One Van, Two Blokes and Twelve World Championships |edition=paperback |year=2009|publisher=[[Pan Macmillan]]|pages =256 |isbn=978-0230736153}}</ref><ref name="Unabridged">{{cite book |title=We Could Be Heroes |edition=Unabridged|year=2010|publisher=[[Pan Macmillan]]|pages =320 |isbn=978-0330517386}}</ref> |
* ''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.<ref name="amazon">{{cite book |title=We Could Be Heroes: One Van, Two Blokes and Twelve World Championships |edition=paperback |year=2009|publisher=[[Pan Macmillan]]|pages =256 |isbn=978-0230736153}}</ref><ref name="Unabridged">{{cite book |title=We Could Be Heroes |edition=Unabridged|year=2010|publisher=[[Pan Macmillan]]|pages =320 |isbn=978-0330517386}}</ref> |
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* ''Karma Chameleons: No-one said the search for happiness would be dignified''<ref> |
* ''Karma Chameleons: No-one said the search for happiness would be dignified''<ref>{{cite book |isbn=978-0230736160|title=Karma Chameleons |last1=Fordyce |first1=Tom |last2=Dirs |first2=Ben |year=2010 |publisher=Macmillan }}</ref> was published in 2010. |
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* ''Everywhere We Went: Top Tales from Cricket's Barmy Army''<ref> |
* ''Everywhere We Went: Top Tales from Cricket's Barmy Army''<ref>{{cite book |isbn=978-0857208361|title=Everywhere We Went: Top Tales from Cricket's Barmy Army |last1=Dirs |first1=Ben |date=23 April 2012 |publisher=Simon & Schuster UK }}</ref> about the [[Barmy Army]] was published in 2012. |
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* ''The Hate Game: [[Nigel Benn vs. Chris Eubank|Benn, Eubank and Boxing's Bitterest Rivalry]]'', documenting the boxing matches between [[Nigel Benn]] and [[Chris Eubank]] was published in 2013.<ref> |
* ''The Hate Game: [[Nigel Benn vs. Chris Eubank|Benn, Eubank and Boxing's Bitterest Rivalry]]'', documenting the boxing matches between [[Nigel Benn]] and [[Chris Eubank]] was published in 2013.<ref>{{cite book |isbn=978-1471129032|title=Benn Vs Eubank: Boxing's Bitter Rivalry |last1=Dirs |first1=Ben |date=24 October 2013 |publisher=Simon & Schuster }}</ref> |
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* ''Box to Box: From Premier League to British Boxing Champion'', the autobiography of [[Curtis Woodhouse]] was published in 2016.<ref> |
* ''Box to Box: From Premier League to British Boxing Champion'', the autobiography of [[Curtis Woodhouse]] was published in 2016.<ref>{{cite book |isbn=978-1471147722|title=Box to Box: From the Premier League to British Boxing Champion |last1=Woodhouse |first1=Curtis |date=October 2016 |publisher=Simon & Schuster, Limited }}</ref> |
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* ''401: The Extraordinary Story of the Man who Ran 401 Marathons in 401 Days and Changed his Life Forever'' (2018) |
* ''401: The Extraordinary Story of the Man who Ran 401 Marathons in 401 Days and Changed his Life Forever'' (2018) |
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* ''Death Row – The Final Minutes'' (2018) |
* ''Death Row – The Final Minutes'' (2018) |
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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.
- 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
[edit]- ^ "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. Macmillan. ISBN 978-0230736160.
- ^ Dirs, Ben (23 April 2012). Everywhere We Went: Top Tales from Cricket's Barmy Army. Simon & Schuster UK. ISBN 978-0857208361.
- ^ Dirs, Ben (24 October 2013). Benn Vs Eubank: Boxing's Bitter Rivalry. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1471129032.
- ^ Woodhouse, Curtis (October 2016). Box to Box: From the Premier League to British Boxing Champion. Simon & Schuster, Limited. ISBN 978-1471147722.
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