Athletes of Belgium and Turkey play during their women's group stage 3x3 basketball match at the 1st European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan, June 23, 2015. With thumping music, ferocious slamdunks and sublime skill, 3x3 basketball came out with a bang on Tuesday at the inaugural European Games, but the sport with inner-city backyard origins has far bigger ambitions -- a place at the Olympics. It has been played as "streetball" and other guises for years but in 2007 the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) identified it as a "sport with a young, urban and positive image" and began to focus on heightening its profile. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach