London - Manchester City manager Mark Hughes confirmed on Tuesday that striker Craig Bellamy is likely to miss the rest of the season with a knee injury.

The Wales international has missed City's last three games after suffering the injury during City's 3-1 UEFA Cup quarter-final first leg defeat to Hamburg.

"Craig has got to have complete rest for two weeks then he comes back for strength work," said Hughes.

"Hopefully he might get the last couple of games, but the probability is that he won't."

Salzburg, Austria  - Former PSV Eindhoven coach Huub Stevens is to take charge of Austrian league leaders Red Bull Salzburg from July, the club said Tuesday.

Stevens, 55, has signed a two-year contract and will succeed compatriot Co Adriaanse who is not extending his contract at the club.

Stevens has twice won the UEFA Cup, with PSV Eindhoven in 1978 and Germany's Schalke 04 in 1997.

Tehran - Iran's newly-appointed coach Mohammad Mayelikohan resigned Tuesday after only two weeks in a fresh blow to the national team as it struggles to qualify for the 2010 World Cup finals.

ISNA news agency reported that Mayelikohan sent a resignation letter to the Iranian Football Federation (FFI) after quarrelling with a Tehran club coach.

The FFI appointed Mayelikohan two weeks ago as successor to Ali Daei who was dismissed following a 2-1 home defeat against Saudi Arabia in a World Cup qualifier on March 28.

London, Apr. 21 : Liverpool wants to end its war of words with Manchester United, and particularly with coach-cum-manager Sir Alex Ferguson.

Liverpool Deputy Coach Sammy Lee said that the recent spat between Ferguson and Anfield Rafa Benitez was "sad", but added that the side is keen only on taking the title from manchester United.