"What I will never do is give up" – Kimmich rules out international retirement after Germany's World Cup exit
Germany captain Joshua Kimmich is not considering retiring from international football after Monday's heartbreaking World Cup exit to Paraguay.
"I'll always have the determination to make another attempt. What I will never do is give up," Kimmich told MagentaTV after the match.
The 31-year-old, who was also part of the squads that crashed out in the group stage at the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, converted his penalty in the shootout. However, it wasn't enough to prevent another disappointing tournament exit.
"I grew up in Germany watching the national team on television, and it always seemed to be the semifinals or the final. Of course, you want to give today's children, the people, and this generation that same experience. The fact is, we weren't able to give the people back home that," Kimmich said.
According to Kimmich, everyone in the team must take full responsibility for the latest failure.
“It's a real shame, especially at a time when it would do us so much good to have something in Germany we can be proud of. Unfortunately, the national team isn't that right now, and we all share responsibility for it,” he said.
"We have to take responsibility – no one can distance themselves from it. We have to own it, because we, the players who were on the pitch, are the ones who messed it up."
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The Founding Fathers left behind extensive writings, but new discoveries continue to deepen historians’ understanding of America’s most influential figures.
Advances in archaeology, DNA analysis and archival research have uncovered forgotten documents, artifacts and other evidence from the nation’s earliest years.
Over the past century, discoveries have offered fresh insight into America’s founders, changing how historians understand their lives and legacies, as detailed below.
Thomas Jefferson & Sally Hemings
According to the Thomas Jefferson Foundation (TJF), Thomas Jefferson, principal author of the Declaration of Independence, fathered at least six children with Sally Hemings, an enslaved woman at Monticello.
Though it was rumored during his lifetime that Jefferson fathered children with one of the enslaved women, it wasn’t until a landmark 1998 DNA study that historians found scientific evidence that appears to support the claim.
Hemings was brought to Paris from 1787 to 1789 to work as a servant and maid for Jefferson’s household.
“While in Paris, where enslaved people could petition for their freedom, she negotiated with Jefferson to return to enslavement at Monticello in exchange for ‘extraordinary privileges’ for herself and freedom for her unborn children,” the TJF states on its website.
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“Decades later, Jefferson freed all of Sally Hemings’s children … [he] did not grant freedom to any other enslaved family unit.”
After reviewing documentary, scientific, statistical and oral history evidence, the Foundation concluded that Jefferson most likely fathered Hemings’ children, a position now widely accepted by mainstream historians.
Not all historians agree with that assessment, however.
After reviewing historical evidence, the Thomas Jefferson Heritage Society concluded that Hemings “was only a minor figure in Thomas Jefferson’s life and that it is very unlikely he fathered any of her children,” according to the TJF website.
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“This committee also suggested in its report, issued in April 2001 and revised in 2011, that Jefferson’s younger brother Randolph (1755-1815) was more likely the father of at least some of Sally Hemings’s children,” the website adds.
George Washington’s distillery
In 1999, archaeologists at Mount Vernon uncovered the remains of George Washington’s long-lost whiskey distillery — revealing that the first president operated what had become the largest commercial distillery in the US by the time he died in 1799.
Historians had long known that Washington operated a distillery through surviving records, but the archaeological excavation revealed the scale and sophistication of the operation.
The facility was “one of the largest, highest producing operations in the area,” Mount Vernon’s website says.
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“The evidence also highlights the fact that this distillery was operating at an industrial scale, compared to the one or two still farmer-distillers common in the 18th and early 19th centuries,” the site adds.
During the excavation, archaeologists uncovered stone foundations, teacups, drinking glasses and evidence of the distillery’s copper stills and boilers, which helped researchers reconstruct how the massive operation functioned.
“Research suggests that George Washington was one of the most innovative and enterprising farmers in America’s history,” Mount Vernon’s website says.
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“This entrepreneurial spirit can be seen in such exhibits as the 16-sided treading barn, the gristmill and the distillery.”
Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration draft
In 1947, historian Julian P. Boyd discovered a previously unknown draft of the Declaration of Independence among Jefferson’s papers.
The Library of Congress’s website describes the draft as “brief, but critically important,” noting that it predated the famous “Rough Draught” Jefferson later produced.
Comparing the older fragment and the “Rough Draught,” the historian found that Jefferson revised his language more extensively than previously documented.
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The fragment also gave historians a clearer picture of the drafting process, helping them trace Jefferson’s edits alongside revisions made by John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and Congress before the Declaration’s adoption.
“Heavily edited in Jefferson’s clear, precise hand, the fragment proved to be a key component in unraveling the story of the writing of the Declaration,” the website notes.
“The existence of the fragment confirmed the view of those historians, who had argued that a heavily edited draft must have preceded the copy Jefferson had endorsed as the original rough draft.”
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OG Anunoby scored the go-ahead basket at the end of Game 4 of the NBA Finals. The ball used in that moment is a highly coveted collectible. Al Bello / Getty Images
By Brooks PeckJune 30, 2026 Updated 11:44 am EDTThe ball that New York Knicks forward OG Anunoby tipped in to seal the biggest comeback in NBA Finals history and win Game 4 against the San Antonio Spurs was returned to the Knicks shortly before it was scheduled to hit the Sotheby’s auction block Tuesday.
In the latest drama surrounding one of the most coveted and valuable NBA basketballs in existence, the “Hand of OG” ball was set to be one of the items featured in Part 1 of Sotheby’s 2026 NBA Finals auction starting June 30 and ending July 8. The auction also includes game-worn jerseys from both Knicks and Spurs players, as well as other game-used items from the series, like sections of the Madison Square Garden court bearing the Finals logo. But minutes before the auction was set to open, the auction page for the ball on Sotheby’s website was updated to read “This lot has been withdrawn,” as first reported by Darren Rovell on X.
“The game ball from Game 4 of the 2026 NBA Finals holds significant importance to the New York Knicks, their fans, and the city, and will remain with the team as a lasting piece of franchise history. As such, it will not be included in Sotheby’s June 30 auction, which will continue to feature a curated selection of authentic jerseys and memorabilia from the series,” an NBA spokesperson said in a statement to The Athletic when asked why the ball was withdrawn.
OG Anunoby completes stunning Knicks win with tip-in for 3-1 series leadJay KingThe NBA and Sotheby’s have had a partnership that makes the New York-based auction house “the official game-worn source” of the league since late 2023. Through that partnership, a wide array of valuable game-used items have been sold to collectors both through auctions and private deals, including jerseys worn by Victor Wembanyama and Cooper Flagg in their respective NBA debuts. The Flagg jersey sold for $1 million in February.
While it’s highly unusual for an item to be pulled from one of the NBA auctions, especially so close to open bidding, the ball’s importance to the Knicks and its place in history as a key relic in the team’s journey to its first championship in 53 years is undeniable. The ball would have commanded a significant price on the open market, though. The day after Anunoby’s tip-in, collectors searched eBay for his name at a rate 16 times higher than the day before, according to the company. Before that game, Anunoby’s record trading card sale was $5,762 in 2024, but in the days after, he had seven cards sell for $8,000 or more, including one for a high of $20,000 on June 18.
In the absence of the ball, perhaps the standout piece in the auction is Finals MVP Jalen Brunson’s jersey from Game 1, in which he scored 30 points, including 13 in the fourth quarter to help the Knicks jump out to an early series lead.
Jalen Brunson’s NBA Finals Game 1 jersey. (Courtesy of Sotheby’s)There were 40 bids on the Brunson jersey within the first hour of the auction opening, with a high bid of $110,000.
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