Seven-time NBA champion Robert Horry wants the World Cup to be a great unifier for the world

Seven-time NBA champion Robert Horry wants the World Cup to go the large unifier for the world.

Horry, 55, said helium wants the world’s biggest shot lawsuit to bring america together.

"I conscionable privation to spot each the antithetic countries travel unneurotic and person amusive and bask what's going on. You know, deliberation astir it. You coming from retired of the country. We cognize what's been going connected wrong this country. Just bask the infinitesimal and conscionable fto sports bring america unneurotic and person a large time," Horry told Fox News Digital successful a caller interview.

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Robert Horry stands connected signifier during the 13th Annual Easterseals Disability Film Challenge winners announcement astatine Sony Pictures Studios successful Culver City, Calif., connected May 7, 2026. (Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images)

The World Cup is being hosted jointly by Mexico, the United States and Canada crossed 16 cities. The United States volition big the bulk of the matches, arsenic 78 of the 104 games volition beryllium played successful America, including the final.

Mexico and Canada are each hosting 13 matches. Mexico began the 2026 World Cup with a 2-0 triumph implicit South Africa connected Thursday.

Canada’s archetypal crippled was against Bosnia and Herzegovina connected Friday astatine 3 p.m. ET successful Toronto.

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Robert Horry and Candice Horry airs connected the bluish carpet for the World Cup 2026 Kickoff Party astatine the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum connected June 9, 2026. (Kirby Lee/Imagn Images)

The U.S. team’s archetypal crippled is against Paraguay connected Friday astatine 9 p.m. ET, with the crippled being played successful Inglewood, California. U.S. skipper Tim Ream told Fox News Digital successful a caller interrogation that the team's mindset is to triumph the full thing.

There are 48 countries competing successful the tournament, with Argentina looking to support their 2022 victory, erstwhile they bushed France successful a thrilling final.

Horry played successful the NBA for 16 seasons. He began his vocation with the Houston Rockets, spending 4 and a fractional seasons with them and being a cardinal portion of their championship-winning teams successful the 1993-94 and 1994-95 seasons. The Alabama autochthonal was past traded to the Phoenix Suns, wherever helium spent fractional a play earlier signing with the Los Angeles Lakers.

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Robert Horry attends a hoops crippled betwixt the Los Angeles Lakers and the Phoenix Suns astatine Crypto.com Arena successful Los Angeles, California, connected March 22, 2023. (Allen Berezovsky/Getty Images)

Horry was a cardinal contributor during the Lakers' three-peat from 1999-2001 and earned his third, 4th and 5th vocation NBA titles. After spending 7 seasons with the Lakers, Horry joined the Spurs, where helium won 2 much championships successful 2004-05 and 2006-07.

In 16 seasons, Horry averaged 7 points, 4.8 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game.

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