Most widely-adopted health policy
By 1998, all 212 member countries and territories of the WHO have adopted routine child immunization into their health policies, compared with a mere 41 that have adopted HIV/AIDS education in schools.
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Most widely supported football club
The most widely supported football club is Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Portugal, which has 160,398 paid-up members. The record was acknowledged on 9 November 2006 during the celebrations for Guinness World Records Day.
Most wickets taken in an ICC World Twenty20 career (male)
Shahid Afridi (b. 1 March 1980, Pakistan) has taken 27 wickets in 80.0 overs (20 matches), at an average of 19.22 runs per wicket, in the three ICC World Twenty20 tournaments held to date (2007-10).
Most wickets taken in an ICC World Cup tournament (male)
Glenn McGrath (b. 9 February 1970, Australia) took 26 wickets in the 2007 Cricket World Cup, held in the West Indies – the most wickets in a single tournament.
Most wickets taken in a Test match career (male)
Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka) is the leading Test match wicket-taker, with 800 wickets in 133 matches from 28 August 1992 to 22 July 2010. Muralitharan reached 800 in the last day of his Test career before retirement, doing so against India.
Most wickets taken in a first-class career (male)
Wilfred Rhodes (UK, 1877-1973) took 4,204 first-class wickets in 1,110 matches, at an average of 16.72 runs per wicket, playing for Yorkshire and England between 1898 and 1930.
Most wickets taken by a player in a One-Day International (male)
The best bowling analysis is 8-19 by Chaminda Vass (Sri Lanka) against Zimbabwe at Colombo, Sri Lanka, on 8 December 2001.
Most wins of the Women’s Skyrunner World Series
The most wins of the women’s Skyrunner World Series is two, by three athletes, Angela Mudge (UK) in 2006 and 2007, Corinne Favre (France) 2005 and 2008, and Emanuela Brizio (Italy) in 2009 and 2010.
Most wins of the NBA All-Star Game MVP
The most wins of the National Basketball Association’s All-Star Game Most Valuable Player award is four, first by Bob Pettit (USA) in 1956, 1958, 1959, and 1962, and later matched by Kobe Bryant (USA) in 2002, 2007, 2009, and 2011.
Most wins of the Mashed Potato Wrestling championships
The most wins of the Mashed Potato Wrestling championships is four and was achieved by Steve O’Gratin (United States) at Barnesville, Minnesota and Clark, South Dakota, United States, from 2006-2008. Steve Barone a.k.a Steve O’Gratin is the founder of the Mashed Potato Wrestling Federation which sanctions the events in Barnesville (which Steve has won three times) and Clark (which he has won once).