Everton's summer signing Kevin Mirallas scores twice as the Toffees sweep Leyton Orient aside in the second round of the Capital One Cup.

Sportsday rounds up the big sporting stories of the day on the BBC news channel. (UK only).

Stoke City make a £5m bid for Liverpool midfielder Charlie Adam, with manager Tony Pulis hopeful a deal can be completed in the next 48 hours.

Laura Robson secures the biggest win of her career with a shock victory over Kim Clijsters in round two of the US Open.

Republican vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan promises a "turnaround" for America, in a prime-time speech to the party convention in Tampa, Florida.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said the military needs more time to "win the battle" against rebel forces, as fighting rages across the country.

US banking giant Citigroup has paid more than half a billion dollars to shareholders who accused the bank of hiding its subprime exposure.

Australia and Indonesia search for a missing boat, believed to be carrying asylum seekers, after six people were rescued at sea.