I'm back at Wembley today to talk to with former professional footballer Paul Elliott CBE.

Paul's playing career began at Charlton Athletic in 1979, and he went on to represent Luton Town and Aston Villa before becoming the first black English footballer to play in Italy when he joined Pisa in 1985. On his return from Italy, he joined Celtic and finally Chelsea, where he became the club's first black captain in 1991. He's had a 30 year career tackling discrimination in football, holds a CBE for services in the field of inclusion and anti-discrimination and currently sits on The FA's Inclusion Advisory Board.

In this interview, he openly discusses the racism he and his family experienced in the 80s and 90s and how he's used adversity as a catalyst for success.

Today I travelled to Wembley to speak to Joanna Stimpson The FA's women's refereeing Manager.

Right now, we're in the middle of an exciting women's football world cup. But the Lionesses aren't the only one's on the pitch. In this interview we explore what it means to be a ref. How refereeing has changed and what the ambitions are for refereeing as the women's game continues to grow and develop.

Episode 44 is an interview with the CEO of Sport England, Tim Hollingsworth.

Tim's worked at a senior level in a number of high-profile roles in sport – including seven years as Chief Executive at the British Paralympic Association, Secretary General for ParalympicsGB at the PyeongChang 2018, Rio 2016, Sochi 2014 and London 2012 Paralympic Games and Chief Operating Officer at UK Sport.

We talk about his views on leadership, what challenges that brings, how he copes with criticism and what his ambitions are for the sports industry.

Episode 43 is an interview with English Institute of Sport's Head of Performance Pathways – John Alder. John is a people development practitioner whose life mission is to help individuals, teams and organisations flourish while promoting culture-driven leadership.

We talk about leadership, the complexity of the sporting landscape, and the challenge of prioritising particularly when you are managing multiple stakeholders.

Episode 42 is an interview Adam Sills. Adam is Head of Sport at The Telegraph, leading their coverage across all platforms and disciplines.

Adam joined The Telegraph in 2010 as Sports Editor of the daily paper before his promotion to head up the department five years ago. He has overseen its transformation into a digital-first, progressive team, most recently founding and launching the Telegraph Women's Sport initiative.

He supports Southampton and runs his son's football team, with family and exercise his priorities outside work.

We talk about what makes a powerful story, how he measures success and what it's like to be the first paper to commit significant resource to women's sport coverage.

Episode 41 is an interview with English Institute of Sport National Director – Nigel Walker.

We talk about the importance of an equitable system, thoughts on how funding will change and also how high performance is evolving.

Nigel joined the EIS in September 2010 having previously been Head of Change and Internal Communications at BBC Wales.

A former international athlete and rugby union player, he represented Great Britain as a high hurdler before switching to rugby, earning 17 international caps for Wales. He has also served as a UK Sport board member from 2006-10, was Chair of the Major Events Panel and a member of the Audit Committee. He's also one of very few BAME people in his role or equivalent (Chief Exec) amongst UK sporting organisations.

Episode 40 is an interview with the CEO of England Netball – Joanna Adams. With more than 20+ years of experience working with brands, rights holders and the media, Joanna is one of the most highly regarded and innovative Chief Executives in British sport.

We talk about what she is doing to actively grow their market, the significance of their partnership with Sky, and why it's so important that netball stays on the school curriculum.

Episode 39 in an interview with the Head of Communications, Content & Digital at the All England Lawn Tennis Club – Alex Willis.

We talk about how innovation and tradition work together, creating change within a championship cycle, the challenges of being an annual event, and the importance of remaining relevant in the future.

Episode 38 in an interview with Olympic Rowing Gold Medalist Kat Copeland MBE.

"I used to think success was an Olympic Gold Medal"

We talk about loving her sport, coping with self-doubt, what made it possible for her to achieve Gold and also the unexpected effect that had on her.

Katherine was part of the Great Britain rowing team for 10 years and went to the Rio and London Olympic games, winning a gold medal in the lightweight women's single scull in 2012. Katherine has also broken five world record times and won gold medals at the European Championships and World Cup regattas and medalled at the World Championships in the same boat class. Now retired, she plans to finish her degree in English, is currently training to be a qualified yoga teacher, and is co-starting a biscuit company which aims to promote and support inspiring women. Coming from a non-sporting background, Katherine is keen to promote the many benefits sport can bring, especially to young girls and women.

Episode 37 in an interview with professor of sport and exercise psychology at Loughborough University, Sophia Jowett.  Sophia also worked as a consultant for the Greek Olympic team in Athens 2004. 

Over the past twenty years she has been a leader in her field, helping us to understand the intricacies of the interpersonal relationships in sport. 

In this interview she gives us an insight into her studies, her motivations, what she wants her research to achieve and in doing so reminds us of the significant role the coach-athlete relationship plays for performance success.