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It goes back and forth all the time. One year Nikon will have glass that Canon doesn't have. A few years later, Canon will have glass that Nikon doesn't have. I remember when Nikon had the only 200-400 f/4... Canon didn't even make one. I remember when Canon had the first and only lenses with Image Stabilization (in the 90's). I remember when Nikon had the only prime quality ultra wide zoom. I remember when Canon had 45 focus points (1V), versus Nikon's 5 (F5). I remember lots of sports photographers switching to Canon in the 90's. Ten years later, in the mid 2000's, lot's of sports photographers switched back to Nikon. The entire staff of USA Today even made the switch. Ten years later again, people have been switching back to Canon for various reasons.
It will likely always be this way. I do agree with the straight out of camera color assessments between Nikon (warmer, more amber, and smoother skin tones) versus Canon (crisper, colder, more saturated, and redder skin tones)... but obviously these factory default color renderings can be adjusted in camera as well as in post.
If shopping based on body, and the primary work is sports action, I'd be inclined to pick based on autofocus performance. I would not have said this 20 years ago, because 20 years ago, the kinds of shots taken then (that we take for granted today) were the result of years of experience covering a sport, zone focus, manual follow focus, and a good bit of luck. But as the quality and capability of the equipment has improved, so has the standards and expectations. To keep up with those expectations, there is benefit to having the most reliably proven new technology. And since cameras are now computers, that will change on an annual basis, following Moore's law.
But if shopping based on lenses, which is the OP's thread title... I'd just run with what you brung. The glass isn't cleaner on the other side. A new law has become the paradigm... the lighter the big glass, the lighter the big wallet after acquisition. All of my telephotos are at least a decade old, and one is almost two decades old. The heavier weight of the glass is ballasted by the heavier weight of the wallet on the back side.
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