Ukraine defeated Turkey 3-0 at the IBSA Partially Sighted Football World Championship ©IBSA

Ukraine begun their International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) Partially Sighted Football World Championship title defence with a victory over hosts Turkey.

The Ukrainian side defeated Turkey 3-0 at the Antalya Arena Sports Hall, with Bohdan Badlo netting twice. 

Oleksandr Hetmanov was the other name on the score-sheet. 

Spain recovered from their loss to Russia yesterday with a 5-1 result against Italy, despite Amin Drissi being sent off for the eventual winners in the fourth minute.

Ukraine are the IBSA Partially Sighted Football World Championship defending champions ©IBSA
Ukraine are the IBSA Partially Sighted Football World Championship defending champions ©IBSA

At that stage Spain were already 1-0 up due to David Gallardo, with Javier De la Rosa and Daniel Lopez making it 3-0 by the 13th minute. 

Daniele Hammoud and Ghanem Bekrou responded for Italy, but two more goals for De la Rosa put the result beyond doubt. 

The round-robin competition is due to continue tomorrow when England take on Spain, Russia come up against Ukraine and Italy play Japan.