World Twenty20 champions Sri Lanka eased to a 79-run victory over Ireland in the first of the two-match RSA Insurance one-day international series in Dublin yesterday.

Sri Lanka had little trouble capitalising on Zimbabwe’s batting capitulation, reaching their victory target in a little over 33 overs to win the first one-day international by six wickets in Harare.

Long-haul travellers who take oral contraceptives or have a genetic mutation common in northern Europe are at increased risk of potentially fatal blood clots, the World Health Organisation said in Geneva today.