The Flying Eagles of Nigeria were held to a 1-1 draw by their Burkina Faso counterparts in their 12th All Africa Games men’s football encounter at the Stade Hassan Moulay, Rabat yesterday, vc sports. sports . blog reports

It was Nigeria Who Opened The Scoring in the 58th minute through Ahmad Ghali’ 

 from a Abubakar Ibrahim corner kick.

The Burkinabe got themselves back into the game in the 72nd minute despite playing second fiddle to Nigeria for most of the game.

The Flying Eagles had other chances to win the game but were let down by their poor finishing in front of goal.

Paul Aigbogun’s boys will take on the Amajita of South Africa in their next game on Tuesday at the same venue.