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RECENT FIFA RANKINGS RANK CANADA
7th IN THE WOMEN'S GAME WHILE
THE UNDER 17 MEN'S SQUAD
RECENTLY MADE ITS SECOND
STRAIGHT APPEARANCE AT THE FIFA
U-17 WORLD CUP.
AND NOW HERE THE TONIGHT'S
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK.
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>> HI.
MY NAME IS EMANUEL AND THIS IS
MY STORY.
>> Reporter: EMANUEL IS HAPPY
FOR WHAT HE DESCRIBES AS A
CHANCE OF A LIFETIME.
AN INTERNATIONAL STUDENT FROM
UGANDA, EMANUEL NOW PLAYS GUARD
FOR MIKE STEVENS' TROJANS AND IS
ENROLLED IN SAIT'S INFORMATION
TECH NOT GUILTY PROGRAM.
>> QUITE ADVANCED HERE.
THE TECHNOLOGY HERE IS VERY
DIFFERENT FROM AFRICA.
YEAH.
SO I HAVE TO ADAPT, BUT IT NICE.
THE FIRST SESSION WE HAD, THE
FIRST TRYOUTS THERE WERE OVER 20
PEOPLE, AND I GET TO BE SELECTED
TO BE AMONG THE TOP 12.
THEN I GET TO BE DOING A PROGRAM
THAT I LIKE IN A GOOD SCHOOL.
I THINK IT'S A VERY GOOD UNTOOT.
>> Reporter: IN ADDITION TO
LEARNING THE ACAC GAME, CANADIAN
BASKETBALL IS QUITE DIFFERENT
FROM THE KIND HE PLAYED IN
AFRICA.
>> THERE'S MUCH MORE
TECHNICALITY HERE. MORE PLAYS.
LIKE, WE HAVE QUITE A NUMBER OF
PLAYS.
BACK HOME WE ONLY HAVE MAYBE ONE
OR TWO.
THERE'S WAY MORE SHOOTING, WAY
MORE PRACTICE SESSIONS.
WAY MORE INTENSE.
WAY MORE COMPETITIVE.
>> Reporter: ANOTHER ADJUSTMENT?
OUR CLIMATE.
E MMA NUEL ARRIVED HERE IN
AUGUST AND EVEN THAT WAS A
SHOCK.
>> IT WAS COLD.
I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT.
EVERYONE WAS LAUGHING SAYING
YOU'RE FEELING COLD?
WOW.
JUST YOU WAIT.
>> Reporter: SO WE FELT IT WAS
TIME TO SHOW E MMA NUEL A FEW
CANADIAN WINTER RITUALS, LIKE
MAKING A SNOW ANGEL.
BACK AND THEN THIS.
LOOK.
>> OH, MY GOSH.
>> Reporter: AND MAKING A
SNOWBALL.
YOU'RE A GOOD SPORT, E MMA NUEL.
WELCOME TO CALGARY.
YOU'RE OUR ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
SPONSORED BY BIG CHIEF BEEF
JERKY.
>> THANKS, BIG CHIEF.
>> Rylee: TOO FUNNY.
>> Lisa: WHAT'S HE GOING TO
THINK OF THE TEMPERATURE
TONIGHT?
>> Rylee: WELL, LISA GRACIOUSLY
HAS AGREED TO SIT OUTSIDE WHILE
THE TEMPERATURE CONTINUES TO