UAE’s Rashid Al-Mulla needs helping hand ahead of Italian showdown

OLBIA: Rashid Al-Mulla will need to thank a friend if the Team Abu Dhabi star clinches a fifth successive freestyle crown in the UIM-ABP Aquabike World Championship in Italy tomorrow night.

The Emirati star — unbeaten for five years — had to miss Friday night’s pole-position qualifier with engine problems as the Regione Sardegna Grand Prix of Italy got under way.