AFC pro-licence coach Saiful Bari Titu is all set to be appointed as the technical director of Bangladesh Football Federation after the BFF technical committee recommended the veteran coach for a one-year appointment on Thursday.

Brothers Union scooped up six of the 10 players as Bangladesh Football Federation held a first-of-its-kind auction for 10 of its Elite Academy footballers at a hotel in the capital yesterday.

As the Bangladesh Premier League outfits do not have any permanent youth development programme yet, three top-tier clubs have kept their eyes on promising players of the BFF Elite Academy for the upcoming season.

Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club and Bangladesh Police FC will have to wait for their quarterfinal berths of Independence Cup after they were held by Rahmatganj MFS and BFF Elite Academy in their respective Group D encounters at different venues today.