The Goa Union of Journalists mourns the passing away of
veteran journalist Cyril D’Cunha on Monday. He was 91.
A recipient of the state government’s T B Cunha Lifetime
Achievement Award in Journalism for 2022, Cyril was founder president of the
Sports Journalists Association of Goa and founder member of Goa Union of
Journalists, Goa Football Association and the Goa Amateur Athletic Association.
He was the founder editor of The Konkan Mail, Goa’s first
bilingual weekly in English and Konkani, and Goal, Goa’s first sports
fortnightly. He was also the editor of Vishal Jagruti.
Cyril worked for several publications, prominent among those
being The Navhind Times, The Times of India, Free Press Journal, Financial
Express, The Indian Post, Independent and Afternoon Despatch & Courier.
His international work includes writing for Tribuna (Macau),
Noticias de Portugal, a news agency in Portugal, and NCWC news agency in the
United States.
Cyril authored the book ‘Soccer and Goa’, a state government
publication that documents the history of Goan football. Cyril was also a fine
sportsperson and captained Goa’s first hockey team that took part at the
National Championships at Madurai in 1967.
The Goa Union of Journalists conveys its sincere sympathies
to the family.
